Category: Productivity
This is about being effective with your time and being focused on the right things to do each day or at each stage.
It could overlap with PM when we talk about your time on a project.
The 2017 Goodreads Challenge shows so much failure
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I took that screenshot a few weeks before the end of 2017. I checked in again Jan 31 and while a few more people were done, most hadn’t finished. It’s sad there there are so many people that haven’t done their challenges. People set a goal with enthusiasm and envisioned themselves as the types of
Take Responsibility for Hard Problems
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We all love to take responsibility for success and happiness. Hell, we often fight over who gets to be responsible for success and happiness. But taking responsibility for problems is far more important, because that’s where real learning comes from. That’s where the real-life improvement comes from. To simply blame others is only to hurt
Celebrated Talent is Not The Good Stuff
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Are you talented? What makes you talented? Typically, we associate talent only with celebrated excellence — with a strong emphasis on the word celebrated. – First Break All The Rules It’s easy to look at some well-known programmer and say they’re talented. Maybe you’ve never seen their code though, and it’s crap. I can think
How I Started My New Notebook for 2018
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Welcome to 2018, it can be a good one if you’re willing to do the work. I don’t make any resolutions for the year, though I do use the regular downtime during The Holiday’s to plan what my year is going to look like, and to start a new notebook. Along with that new notebook
Here are the Keys to Getting Focused Amazing Work done for Freelancers
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We’ve spent the last few weeks talking about getting your deep, focused work done in the midst of all the distractions that are thrown our way. A friend of mine inspired the series as we looked at his work in the midst of needing to deal with support. Today, we’ll go over the essential elements
If you Want to Do Great Work NO Is Your Best Friend
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The single word you need most to get more productive is the word no. It’s the word that goes into battle for your priorities. Being comfortable with no let me decide to suck at email for a few days in late November while I finished off a video course. When I asked myself this question:
Your Language Makes Excuses for Your Poor Habits
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Your language is a window into what your actual thoughts are. When you say “I have to…” what you’re most often saying is “Other people expect me to … and I can’t say no”. When you say “But people will be upset about ….” What you’re really saying is “I can’t get over maybe disappointing
Sorting Your Tasks Based on Energy For Better Deep Work
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So far in my series on deep work we’ve covered: How to get deep work in when you have random urgent tasks to do The Mullet Method of Deep Work You’ve Only Got 100% to Give For a Few Hours, Then You Have 20% Notifications are stupid If you’ve read them all, you’ve got a
All Those Stupid Notifications Don’t Matter
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The day after I talked to Eric about his focus times I tried to derail him in Slack. The message went something like this: You shouldn’t be seeing this Eric. You’re supposed to be focused on work. So focus. What do you NEED Need is a hard word because often those around us try to
You’ve only got 100% to give for a few hours then you have 20%
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Yesterday I talked about my Mullet Method of focused work. One of the keys to that method is that I take a big break from 9 – 12. This break fuels me up for my Manager time later in the day and then for some more Maker time. In October and November 2017, I cut
