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On Listening
Do you ever listen to your calendar or your to do list? I don't just mean look at it...I mean listen to it. Really listen to it.
On Twisted To Do Lists
I want you to look at your to do list right now and ask yourself this question: Is this to do list doing everything it can to get me to where I want to go? Or is it tw...
On Gratitude
If there's one thing that you can make an effort to do that will make a difference in the shape of your day, it's develop a way to bring gratitude into it.
On Administrative Work
Let's face it: administrative work is something we need to do more often than not. That type of work houses the tasks that allow us to maintain the status quo and if a...
On Losing Awareness
Awareness is one of the key ingredients in the recipe of personal productivity. But what happens when you lose awareness? Do you lose productivity?
On Impact
Les Brown said that “in every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”
On Newness
New things are fascinating. They have an unknown element to them that can exciting and tempting.
On Timelessness
I stopped writing about apps as much as I used to when I recognized that keeping up with them puts me on the wrong side of timelessness.
On Hidden Tasks
The tasks on your to do list are usually noticeable, staring you straight in the face as you make your way through the day’s, week’s, and beyond. But there are plenty ...
On Praise
Usually those that enter the pro wrestling profession don't start off as managers and THEN enter the ring as competitors. But that's exactly what Diamond Dallas Page did.
On Biases and Bananas
How do you peel a banana? Have you always peeled it that way? Why? If you've changed the way you peel one, why did you change?
On Forgetting
I used to pride myself on having an excellent memory. But in recent years I've felt that my mind is better at playing tricks with my memories than remembering them.
On My Next Big Project
I'm working on a project that is going to have my focus and attention for at least the next seven months (likely more). It seems daunting at times and overwhelming as ...
On "Batching" Tasks
I am a big fan of batching tasks by theme or mode. But in some instances you need to know when batching makes sense...and when it doesn't.
On Flexibility and Frameworks
There are a few people who believe my framework is far from flexible. But that couldn't be further from the truth.
On Productive Communication
In a recent conversation with Justin Kerr (author of How to Be Good at Your Job) for an upcoming episode of The Productivityist Podcast we spoke about productive commu...
Push Notifications and Pulling Focus
Push notifications are designed to push you towards an app. They are also designed to pull focus away from anything but that app.
Against The Wind
I was reading through some quotes from Sir Winston Churchill and one in particular stood out to me above all the others: “Kites rise highest against the wind, not wi...
The Time for Necessary Endings
No, I'm not ending this daily podcast. Instead, I'm talking about teh book by Dr. Henry Cloud called "Necessary Endings."
What Noticing Does: Part Three
In this third and final part of my series on what noticing does, I share what the cost of noticing is, why it's important that you understand that cost, and what happe...
What Noticing Does: Part Two
In this second part of a three-part series on what noticing does, I offer up the one thing you can start doing today that will improve your sense of awareness and abil...
What Noticing Does: Part One
In the first part of a three-part series on "noticing" I discuss why I've chosen to explore this subject and the beginnings of what noticing does for you.
How I (Do My Best to) Fend Off Fear and Anger
I've made no secret of my love for the comic book hero Green Lantern. I've not been a lifelong fan of the character but over the past decade or so, Hal Jordan's versio...
There Will Be Days
There are seven days in a week and between 28 and 31 in a month. Not one of them is the same as another, no matter how routine you may try to make them. There will alw...
How to Foster Hope with Your To Do List
If you’re looking at your to do list with a sense of sheer hopelessness more often than not, then you’re making the wrong kind of to do list.
Worry and Productivity
Comedian George Burns once said, “If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if y...
Foolish Productivity
I’ll let you in a little secret: busywork is not always productive work. Thinking that is the case puts you in the crosshairs of performing acts of foolish productivity.
No Matter What
Yesterday I shared with you the first half of what I’ve called my Annual Axiom. Today I’m going to explain why “No Matter What” is the second element of this element o...
Whatever It Takes
In the advertising leading up to the release of the Marvel movie Avengers: Endgame, the phrase “Whatever it takes” was a central theme. That definitely piqued my inter...
Don't Make a Deceptive To Do List
When you look at your daily to do list does it appear to be...honest? Or are there things on there that you know aren’t going to be accomplished in a single day?