Survey a Large Field, Cultivate a Small One
5 Principles of Personal Growth in Agrarian Wisdom
Someone once said you should survey a large field and cultivate a small one. Time has forgotten who, but it’s just as applicable today.
Being Your Best Self
This time next year, will you be wiser, more thoughtful, and living a life you dream of? Or just a year older? Always take time to sharpen the saw.
When You Should Ignore the Big Frog on Your Plate
Your most important thing today might not be the most important thing right now
Most productivity systems involve identifying your most important task and working on it and nothing else until it’s done. That might be the decision that ruins your day.
You’ve Forgotten How to Be Bored and It’s Ruining Your Life
Giving your brain a break is essential for high productivity
Our brains need down time to process, clarify, and switch to divergent thinking. Letting your mind wander isn’t being unproductive.
The First Step to Changing Your Life
Change has one requirement, and it’s not January 1
Change can happen at any time. If you wait for Jan 1, you’re just procrastinating.
How to be Present when You’re With Family
Five ways to keep your attention where you want it most
Time with family is wonderful. You need to carefully guard your time and your attention or your time together won’t really bring you any closer.
The Only Way They Can Insult You
No one gets under your skin without permission
The American colonists took the British taunt “Yankee Doodle” and owned it. They didn’t let the song insult them.
Five Ways Gratitude Will Improve Your Life
The right attitude will reinvent every relationship you have
It’s not easy to develop an attitude of gratitude, but it will improve every aspect of your life.
Have You Forgotten Why You Do What You Do?
Every challenge has a purpose. Do you still remember yours?
When did you last stop to think about why you make the tough choices you do? If you lose sight of your why, choosing the challenge may just be making things harder for yourself.
Five Reasons You Need to Build Margin Into Your Schedule
The secret to flexibility, spontaneity, and productivity
We can only push ourselves for so long. By building margin into our schedule, we can keep a sustainable pace, live life to its fullest, and get more done in the long run.
How to Make Every Appearance On Stage a Command Performance
A Morning Ritual will Make or Break Your Day
Before we can expect to have a good performance on stage, we have to first put in the work back stage.