Are You Spending Time with the Right People?
Everyone rubs off on us, for better or worse
Everyone is an example of what we should emulate or avoid. Will their influence drag us down or help us be our best?
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Why You Must Claim Your Time First
Think about what it says about your priorities
Do you give everyone else first claim on your time? You’re setting yourself up for failure and frustration. Claim your time first and you’ll be in a better position to help others.
What Do You Really Want in Your Life?
And do you have the courage to cultivate it?
Every now and then, things creep into our schedules that don’t belong there. Like Michelangelo, we need to remove the bits that don’t look like our masterpiece.
Six Ways Your Family will Struggle Without a Vision
Every team needs a leader, even a family
All leaders need a vision for their team, not just at work. Here are six ways your family will struggle, too, if you don’t have a vision.
How to Make an Ordinary Goal Become Powerful
Clarify your why so your goal has the power to last
Your goals will be more powerful if you take the time to clarify why you’re setting that goal.
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.
How to Overcome Regret and Actually Be Happy
Get More Decisions Right and Worry Less About the Ones You Get Wrong
Regret focuses your attention on things you can’t change. Instead, get clear on your priorities, get more decisions right, and worry less about the ones you get wrong.
The Transitive Property of Importance
Why you should—or shouldn’t—care about what they care about
There’s nothing wrong with focusing on what’s important to you. You’re probably helping everyone else out, too.
The Basic Human Needs that Drive Us
If you want to understand behavior, understand the needs that drive it
In 1943, Abraham Maslow described five fundamental levels of human needs. If you want to understand (or change) behavior, start by understanding the needs behind it.
Priority is an Adjective, not a Noun
What are you going to do first?
When my wife called just after lunch on the day our son would be born, you bet my priorities for the day changed! Everything I was working on went on hold and I walked out of the building without giving it a second thought.