Key Questions to Ask Those You Care About
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How might I be shutting down your ideas and actions? Do I do anything that makes you cringe? Do I do anything with the best intentions that isn’t perceived that way? Am I doing anything that diminishes others, even if inadvertently? Sit down with your spouse/partner and talk through these questions. Sit down with your…
The Worst Way to Start Your Day
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Anytime I start my day with junk food for the brain, the quality of the day goes down. I’m less happy, focused, and productive. I spend a ton of time on the internet and don’t get any real work done. But if I start my day with health food for the brain, I find that…
If you don’t have these 3 hours, your business is broken
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Your business is broken if you don’t have at least 3 hours a week set aside for personal improvement. That’s reading books about business or learning some new design technique or some new code. If you tell me that at some point in the future you’ll have the time. You’re lying. The best predictor of…
Antigoals
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My friend Jason brought this link up to me recently. The Power of Anti-Goals So, what is your anti-goal? What does the worst day of work look like for you? Knowing this can help you say no. No is the most productive word you have Say no more often. That leaves you room to say…
What you DO matters, not what you INTEND to do
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You may say to yourself “I could have built Facebook” or whatever. There are no new ideas under the sun. You may say “I’m going to be a great husband”. That’s a great sentiment, but if you don’t actually do anything about it, then the sentiment doesn’t matter at all. You need to go listen…
Are you hiding from the TRUTH of your business?
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Denial is a wonderful thing; it lets you ignore reality until reality punches you in the face. – Profit First We all have something we’re ignoring. Maybe it is the fact that your business isn’t profitable. Maybe it’s the truth that you are bad at customer service. Maybe the truth you hide from is that…
Forget Seven Day Workweeks, What about a Seven Day Weekend?
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How many of you check your work email on weekends? How about multitasking your way through your kid’s ball game or figure skating practice? Probably most of you, and I’ve certainly been in that camp. The Seven Day Weekend, by Ricardo Semler, talks about Semco the company his father founded and he runs and addresses…
Hours are far from the whole story when it comes to burnout
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I’m sure you’re all familiar with the term “burnout”. Some of you are likely even familiar with the feeling. The lack of energy to make any progress. I’m not convinced that burnout is the result of overwork. The hours you put in play a part, but hours are far from the whole story. I think…
Time blocking is only useful if you cut distractions
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I love time blocking. Dedicating 3 hours in the morning to reading and writing then the afternoon for working with clients changed my business. It can change your business as well if you’re productive during your time blocks. If you’re focused. Simply saying that 0600 – 0900 is for your big work is one thing.…
Asking ‘what else can I do’ is a terrible question
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Jocelyn K. Glei asks a great question in one of her articles. The question is: “What else.” The reason this question is great is that it’s not the question you should be asking yourself. Asking ‘what else’ all the time is how we get to 9 hour days 6 days a week. It’s how we…
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