Gavin from Acuity Scheduling on the Benefits of Constraints and 6 Hour days
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Today we talk to Gavin from Acuity Scheduling. I first heard him on Hack the Process and the most interesting parts for me was when he talked about support doing 6 hour work days, split into 2 different chunks. Today we dive into: What it was like to work full-time and run Acuity on the
Can Tiny Habits Change Your Life?
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Habits are what dictate much of what we do. We may think that we decide to eat that extra cookie, but really eating cookies is tied to drinking coffee. We’ve done it so many times that we almost can’t have coffee without cookies. There used to be a book available on Amazon called Tiny Habits,
Scrooge
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When I think of Ebenezer Scrooge, I always think of the Disney version. Likely because we read it to the kids for weeks on end at least once a year. What makes the story excellent in the redemption that Scrooge has. Yes, his life could have been much better if he had made a change
Lost In A Sea Of Detritus It’s Time To Purge
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I’ve got two entire drawers of spare cords and hard drives and … random electronic detritus. I swear I’ve been through the drawers at least once a year and I’ve never been able to get it below two drawers. At the same time, I can’t tell you the last time I was actually in them
Your Stupid Waffle Language
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Vagueness allows an escape from responsibility. I can never be “wrong” about anything, because I can always claim to have been misinterpreted. – Academic Language and The Problem of Meaninglessness How do you commit to things with your clients? I know they may not understand every little technical detail of what’s going on. The thing
How About a 10% Raise
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John tells us to raise our rates 10% which I endorse. Other firms like Stuff and Nonsense used to have double your rate Friday. They won just as much work on Friday as any other day and they had doubled the rates. You probably undervalue yourself. You’re a wizard and you better not forget it.
Future Positive Thinking
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A few weeks ago I went to a talk with Ryan Walter. He talked all about thinking and four main modes of thinking. Past Positive Past Negative Future Positive Future Negative Really all of these states of thinking are mostly fine. They’re going to happen, and some of the ones that make look bad at
No More Rescues
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…when the Rescuer intervenes, he can create a vexing and all too pervasive performance disconnect, by depriving people of the feedback that comes from the natural consequences of mistakes. While the manager sees failure and a gap they have to step in and close, employees often see success. – Multipliers This isn’t just for managers.
Becoming a Multiplier is Good for Business and Good for Fatherhood
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While you could focus on building a mini-kingdom, or hoarding all the amazing people both of those things are terrible paths as a manager. I’ve regularly told my coaching clients that your only job is to make sure that those under and above you look marvellous. Unfortunately, way too many managers take the first two
In Love with The Dream
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Many people are only in love with the results of running a business. At least the perceived results. They don’t want to go get clients. They don’t want to enter receipts. They don’t want to learn how to budget. They just want some magical freedom that comes at the end of doing all those things
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