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 Mullet Method of Deep Work
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There are two pictures of me that I think are stellar. I’m 6 or 7 in them. In one I’m missing a front tooth, and I’m wearing a red plaid shirt. I have short hair up top, and you guessed it, long hair in the back. The other picture is almost the same, except I
How Do I get Deep Work Done in the Midst of Random Priority Distractions
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A reader name Eric reached out to me recently with this question: I just Instapaper’d a couple of your deep work articles but I had a question: what can you do to get the most deep work possible when a good chunk of your time is taken up by unscheduled, urgent, and energy draining tasks
Where to Start When You’re Drowning in Business and Life
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When you realize you are out of sync with your Strengths and your goals, and you have put yourself and your health on the back burner, don’t beat yourself up. Just restart. – From Frustrated to Frickin’ Awesome It happens to all of us at some point, including me. I don’t have it all together.
My Phone sucks, and it’s one of the best things that’s happened this year
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I haven’t been kind to my iPhone 6S Plus. It’s been on a number of hikes where it got so cold it shut off. It’s turned itself off due to being way too hot. It’s slow now, and when travelling, I need to charge it every few hours because I’m using it. At home, it
No Screen Before Coffee
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I recently gave a talk to creatives in my town and the single most talked about topic after was my two rules about phone use and email. No Screen Before Coffee No email before noon Without a doubt, people loved the ideas, but no one I talked to thought that they could implement the strategies
A Meandering Journey Towards Purpose
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If you’re hoping that the path to what you’re meant to do is going to be a straight line, you’re fooling yourself. My path towards coaching starting with numerous jobs where my wife and I always talked about the ways we’d never treat an employee. Then it went to higher education in counselling, which I
4 Questions You Need To Ask Yourself To Find Your Purpose
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Running your business aimlessly is a great way to get stuck. Oh sure, you’re stuck with a healthy six-figure business, but you’re still stuck. You can tell you’re stuck because the work you’re doing isn’t anything you have a passion for. You don’t like your clients, and you question why on earth you’re even in
Get Focused in Your Physical Workspace
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We’ve already talked about keeping your digital desktop clear, and said that you likely shouldn’t even have your phone where it can distract you in the office. But what about the rest of the environment? Get a small desk The best way to avoid clutter on your desk is to have a small one. If
Setting up iOS for Focused Work
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In this instalment of our series on productive workspaces, we’re going to focus on your iOS devices. Yesterday we looked at setting your Mac up for focused work. I currently operate with two iOS devices, my iPhone and my iPad. What do you NEED them for? The first thing to decide with your devices is
Setting up MacOS for Focused Work
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Focus and intention are important, if you want to get good work done. Without focus and intention you’ll end up with mediocre work. Work you won’t be proud of. Writing few people will read. Code that might be functional, but took way to long to write and is held together with duct tape. Design that’s
