It’s been an active year of productivity explorations for me. Rather than present conclusions – partially because I haven’t gotten to a point of clear conclusions – I thought I’d share some […]
Focus
5 Ways to Get Through the Creative Red Zone
Editor’s note: I recorded this as a podcast for Productive Flourishing long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it, and if you’d like to hear more episodes of the […]
Fallow
You may have noticed that I’ve been especially quiet for a while. I thought I’d check in and let you know some of what’s been going on. At the end of August, […]
KPIs vs CSFs: Analyze Your Business Momentum
What actions are critical to the success of your business and which effects are the most important? If you’ve ever seen the acronym KPI or CSF in a business context, you’ve seen […]
What’s the Difference Between a System and a Process?
I was recently at breakfast with other guests at a B&B, and we all started talking about what we do. With some of the newer things we’re doing here at ProFlo, my […]
Why You Shouldn't Do Just One More Project
We often take on “one more project” because we think that we have some time in our schedule to handle a little bit more. “It’ll only take a little time,” we tell […]
The Deeper Level of My Mission
I haven’t been completely transparent with you about what I’m up to – thus far, you’ve only seen pieces of what I’ve been working on all these years. Even my last attempt […]
Getting Fun, Profit, and Impact to Converge in Your Business
These three overlapping circles aren’t the only themes to cover when it comes to the art of business, but they provide a great frame when we’re looking at the human side of […]
Build From the Red Line, Not The Deadline
Imagine that during a normal week, you set goals and deadlines that assume you’ll be able to do, say, 10 units of creative work. And that, during a normal week, you actually […]
How to Limit The Busyness In Your Business
Ever notice that the thing you most want to do in your business is the thing that’s the hardest to find time to do? It’s easy for the busyness of business to […]
Just Get It Done
There comes a time in the midst of busy lives and businesses when you just have to knuckle down and plow through some of the projects on your plate. Perhaps it would […]
Superpower Development is Not for the Faint of Heart
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Karl Staib of Work Happy Now. If you want to do great work, you must be able to leverage your superpowers. I’m not talking […]
How to Recover from 10 Types of Demotivation
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Cath Duncan from Creative Grief Studio and Remembering For Good. Motivation is central to creativity, productivity, and happiness. Motivation is what causes us to act, and when […]
The Dojo: A Guide To Doing What Matters
If you’ve been reading for a while, you’ve no doubt heard me mention that Jonathan Mead and I have been working on a product together. We started this project back in December […]
How to Set SMART Goals
Take a quick look at some of the goals you’ve made for yourself. A goal could be as broad as your bucket list or as narrow as your daily To-Do list. Are […]
Why You Should Use the Two-Tab Rule to Stay Focused
How many tabbed windows do you have open right now? Can you remember what all those tabbed windows are about? In the early days of browsers, a perennial and annoying problem was […]
How To Lose An Hour's Creative Mojo In Two Minutes
Have you ever started an action that you thought would be quick and looked up an hour later and you’re either still working on that one thing or have switched to doing […]
Ask Charlie: How Do You Mindmap and Purge?
Note: “Ask Charlie” is a new category of posts where I answer the questions people send me via email, Twitter, or wherever else we interact. After trying to figure out the best […]