How Much Time Should You Spend on Daily and Strategic Planning?
In less time than it takes to charge your phone, you can change your reality. The challenge is that some thinking needs larger blocks.
How to Shift from Chasing Your Dreams to Living the Dream
I lived in Colorado Springs after I graduated from college. Wonderful town. Absolutely loved my time there. One day, I was at a networking event. They started things off by asking an icebreaker question: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?...
How to Combine Past and Present to Build a Better Future
You can’t change what you’ve done in the past, but you can take action today to change how your past affects your future.
You Can’t Do Everything, but You Can Make a Difference
On October 16, 2019, Riley Nelson was five minutes late showing up for work. As a result, his UTA light rail train, running through Salt Lake City, Utah, was five minutes late. At 6:50 am, at the edge of what the train’s head lamp could reveal in the dim pre-dawn...
How Your Worst Tasks Help You Perform Your Best
C tasks may seem like the bottom rung of productivity, but they’re a great way to keep your productivity high without overwhelming guilt.
How to Regain your Composure and Calm Down Quickly
Sometimes we need a little help widening the gap between stimulus and response. Here are five exercises to help you calm down and respond like you want to.
How to Keep Life from Crowding Out Your Task List
B tasks may not help you get ahead, but doing them will keep you from falling behind. Here are three tips for keeping their steady influx from taking over your task list.
See Your Actions in the Context of Your Vision for the Future
Peter Drucker’s three stonecutters were focused on today’s actions, being their best self, and their vision for the future. We need all three perspectives, but only one will keep you in the game.
How to Identify Tasks that will Reshape your Reality
Any action can keep you busy. Only a select few will actively move you towards the life you dream of.
The Productive Power of Remaining Calm
It’s easy to get worked up over something, but it doesn’t help. We just might end up farther away from our goals than we started.
