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 10 Books I Read in 2016 You Should Read in 2017
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I think if you want to be a leader in your field you need to read. Nothings beats books for getting access to the best business thought leaders for a small financial investment. Because of that, I read around sixty books a year, with about forty-five of them being focused on business or personal improvement.
Want to be more Optimistic? Here are 5 Ways to Cultivate Optimistic Thought
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On Tuesday we looked at how businesses so often spin every problem as an ‘opportunity’; and how that thinking alone is slightly off what we want in an organization. We don’t want to minimize the real struggles life throws our way. We want to keep our eyes on the goal, but when the reality we’re
Why do we call problems opportunities?
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My first real full-time web development job had me at a small Christian ministry. That meant despite selling products, we were always reliant on the donations of people who believed in our ministry. This is a hard place to be, because donors are regular people who lose jobs or move on to a new ministry
Not all practice is the same, here’s what good practice looks like
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We’re regularly told that we should focus on our strengths and let others deal with those things we’re not good at. So we take that advice and delegate that which we’re not good at. The problem here is that so often we train ourselves to equate anything ‘hard’ with something we’re not good at. We
4 reasons a great business owner tracks their time
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I haven’t tracked my hours in years. I’ve had no need since I don’t charge by the hour and I was so terrible at remembering to click start on that timer. But recently I realized I was missing a valuable metric for monitoring the health of my business. [Tweet “Time tracking can be a valuable
The one attitude that’s harming your business
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While you may be good at your craft, that doesn’t necessarily mean you should be running a business. Outside of all the business stuff you may not be good at — like accounting and marketing — there is a single attitude that sabotages so many business owners’ success. In his book Ego is the Enemy,
Get help achieving your goals for next year
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This month has been all about finding your purpose, executing on it effectively and then letting your customers and staff know what the purpose is in your organization. We did all that work up front to get to this point. You’re now ready to work on your goals for 2017. While many people plan to
4 Methods to Effectively Instill Purpose in Your Business
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How many places have you worked where there was some big plaque on the wall, inscribed with a bunch of fancy words stating the ‘mission’ of the organization? How many of them had words like ’synergistic’ or ‘actualize’ or ‘core competencies’ or some other nonsense word on it? How many said they put the customer
How to set your yearly goals, and accomplish them
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I hope you set some goals for yourself every year. It’s often said that the only goal you can hit without fail is the one you never set. Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins Today we’re going to talk about my method for setting my
Tired of not knowing your purpose? Use these 8 resources
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Although you’ve defined the 4 Quadrants that are most important to you as you build your business, you’re not yet truly ready to embark on your career or set your goals for the year. You’re still missing a key component, which is to answer the question: WHY do you work at all? Purpose Your WHY
