Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ryan McRae. Your Instagram probably looks like mine. Friends at the pool. Mojitos and margaritas on the menu. Vacations, trips, and barbecues abound. Not a […]
Habits
What Do You Need to Form Healthy Habits That STICK?
I’ve just achieved something I don’t think I’ve ever done of my own volition as an adult: exercising and moving every day for a month. Angela challenged me last month to do […]
Use the 5% Saving Rule to Finish Projects Faster
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jeremie Miller. “Our stress is that actually finishing the work we’re meant to do is even more important than it’s ever been; our salvation […]
5 Ways to Keep Impostor Syndrome from Ruling You
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jenn Labin. There was one specific moment when I almost quit. I nearly walked away from everything I had spent the better part of a […]
5 Questions That'll Help You Free Yourself from the Urgency Spiral
I was in an email conversation with a Creative Giant who was discussing how moving to the UK from Chicago displaced a lot of her projects but gave her new insights about […]
Three Questions to Confront and Overcome Procrastination
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ryan McRae. Sometimes it’s a late-night phone call and sometimes it’s after the second beer, but this is what usually comes out: “I don’t […]
Does Your Workspace Work For You or Against You?
Since I got into a car accident four years ago, I’ve had to work a lot harder to get deep work done. Originally, it was due to the pain. I simply couldn’t […]
If It’s Worth Doing Well, It’s Worth Doing Badly at the Beginning
A reader wrote in and let me know that this was his or her biggest issue: My biggest issue is perseverance. If I do not see immediate results, I assume there is […]
How to Avoid the Slippery Slope of Learning Seep
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Breanne Dyck. I knew it was dumb, even as I was doing it. This was about three years ago. I was sitting at my […]
12 Simple Ways to Be Present
Editor’s note: I recorded this for the Productive Flourishing podcast long after I originally published this post. I hope you enjoy it. Learning to be present cures a lot of ills and […]
How to Build the Delegation Habit
To be an effective leader, manager, or entrepreneur, you have to learn to delegate well. Otherwise, what your team can do is capped by what you can do, your ability to get […]
Are Your Habits Working for You?
First we make our habits, then our habits make us. – Charles C. Noble Habits are powerful because they create defaults. If your defaults aren’t working for you, then it’s time to […]
Five Ways Founders Stifle Business Growth
In the last part of this short series on founder’s mojo, I mentioned that founders’ most important job is to focus on their biggest business growth opportunities, but they’re usually not doing […]
Empty Your Boat to Increase Your Happiness
If a man is crossing a river And an empty boat collides with his own skiff, Even though he be a bad-tempered man He will not become angry. But if he sees […]
Use the Two-Hour Rule to Make Progress on Your Creative Projects
Are you having trouble getting started with a creative project or figuring out how to keep momentum with it? Try using the two-hour rule. One of the reasons people get stuck with […]
Time Management: It’s Not Rocket Science
I co-led a conversation earlier today on the topic “Time Management: Tips & Tools for Managers Who Don’t Have Enough Time” with a team of plant managers. I had five ideas I […]
3 Things to Do When You Just Don’t Get an Idea
We’re deep into the work for the course I’m currently teaching and we’re reaching the point I’m all too familiar with: some students are reaching the confusion point that happens right before […]
Success Often Comes When You’re Not Searching for It
When was the last time you tried something that really might not have worked out? Where you didn’t actually have the answers? Where you didn’t find success? This dance with uncertainty about […]