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…
Recappingthe 4th week of my 12 week year
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Recapping the 4th week of my last 12 Week Year. kids were sick again so I had to change focus bootcamp is on track fine I’ll need to use my blank 6th week to make up some of the product work that hasn’t happened yet The 8 Week Business BootCamp
Better Habits Will Make You Better Than Before
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How much of your day is routine? How much of it do you have to think about? How do those habits impact your day? How many of those habits are ones you want to have? Ones you’d be happy if your children picked them up? I know that I have a few in both categories.…
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…
Despite a Hard Week for Focus, We’re doing good
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Today is the third week of my 12 Week Year, and it was a tough one. Most of Wednesday was gone with my wife working and me watching kids. This won’t be normal, since she won’t always be teaching figure skating all day. Other than that, we’re on track. How is your 12 Week Year…
Consistent NOT Rigid
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There is a difference between consistency and rigidity. Consistency is sticking with your schedule for optimal work. It’s only taking calls one day a week so that you can get stuff done. Rigidity is not watching one of the kids for an hour while your spouse takes the others to the doctor because “it’s my…
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