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.
Looking death in the face and its effect on purpose
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I’ve been thinking lots about purpose lately as something inside quests for my purpose. Above my desk are four Post-it notes with the following messages: My business will let me spend much of my time traveling and being in the wilderness I need a one-to-many business model and to cut my Internet days down to
What does a good productivity system look like?
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I know you want to find the right tool to get your job done. That one magical thing that fits your mode of working and suddenly you’re getting all your tasks done all the time. In this quest we all end up searching around trying whatever new thing shines the brightest. Each of these options
My Writing System with Ulysses, CoSchedule and Scrivener
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Writing is an intensely personal task. The writer must take the many ideas that seem clear in the writer’s head and transform them into effective communication to a reader. Furthermore, the end goal of writing — communication — is only achieved if the reader in fact grasps what the writer wants to communicate. To that
Distraction
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They sit around us, no that’s not right they don’t sit. Distractions jump and kick and scream and pout and punch and scream some more. What they want is a fleeting moment of our attention and to get it they act like an over stimulated, over sugared, tired 5 year old to get it. The
Lets make your 2016 crush your 2015 together
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Merry Christmas to you and Happy New Year (in a few days). All month we’ve been talking about planning your business. We’ve covered everything from your client vetting process to long-term follow-up marketing with awesome clients. You can see all the content in this series on the sidebar. I know that all the stuff experienced
We all are trying to find our skin
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We each have a unique honest self. A state of being where we feel at rest in our own skin. The problem is that we are all trying to find where that place actually is. Finding that dwelling place is hard because it’s not a single place. It’s a moment in time combined with a
Starting your process right, vetting clients
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We’re on the cusp of 2016 so I want to ask you: How did your 2015 go? Did you get the projects you wanted? Did you hit your income goals? Did you work too much, or did you not get enough work and ended up with lots of down time? This month is all about
3 systems you need to have in place for a successful business
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Years ago when I managed a climbing gym we had an issue with the Tuesday night closing routine. Yes, the person in charge of it was generally awesome, but week after week the gym just wasn’t as clean as it should be when we came in Wednesday morning. Nothing major was missed but all sorts
What you need to build your ideal week
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There I was — relishing a week in total ‘flow’ state[1]. Nothing could stop me. I didn’t have 52 things pulling my attention away from what mattered. I could focus day in, day out on what mattered. The quality of my work reflected that heightened level of focus. Even things I expected to be difficult
This must be true for your ideal life
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Last Tuesday we talked about your ideal life and how you define what that looks like for you. For me it means spending time in the mountains, and with my kids. I haven’t yet achieved my ideal, but I know my goal, which means I can start — and stay — on the path. My
