We’re three weeks into our December challenge, and I wanted to check in with you and see if you’re actually done with your list yet. While you may have had a litany of things or even just one or two larger-scale projects, it’s entirely possible that your list is now empty or you’ve passed the…
As you may have guessed from the title , today’s email is going to use some pretty dramatic (if unrealistic and completely fantastical) metaphors. If you’re squeamish about violent mental imagery, you might want to give this one a miss. On the other hand if you enjoyed Squid Games, the John Wick movies, or pretty much anything…
In my early work with clients, I remember being surprised at how often someone would say they wanted to do something and then come up with incredibly plausible sounding stories about why they couldn’t. It was often not obvious to me whether or not the stories were actually true, but it was obvious that they…
As part of our annual Creating the Impossible challenge, I often invite participants to begin keeping a “done” list – a list of everything they have actually done that day, regardless of whether or not it began its day on a list. This is the opposite of a “to do” list – your list will…
The best time management systems, as I’ve said before, are the ones that take the least time to manage. But what all of them have in common, at least to the extent that they help, can be summed up in just three words: 1. Clarity In Alice in Wonderland, young Alice has the following exchange…
I first learned this simple “system” from my friend Steve Chandler, author of Time Warrior: Get two pieces of paper. (I like to use the top two pages of a ‘Post-it’ pad, but it really doesn’t matter!) On the first page, write the words ‘”The only thing I have to do today is…” On the…
When my daughter Maisy won first place in a dance competition and the scholarship and meeting with an agent that came with it, my first thought was who knew that putting in four to six hours a day six days a week for years would pay off? While I’m obviously immensely proud of her natural…
Today‘s message is contained in a short three minute “morning ramble” I recorded during last year’s Creating the Impossible program. It’s called “The Two Secrets to Success (which are really one)” and it points to why the whole idea of “getting yourself to do things” is fundamentally flawed: Have fun, learn heaps, and happy exploring!…
Yesterday I shared the surprising secret behind productivity – liking everything you do. Here’s a real-life example: Francine came to me for coaching on growing her new business. She felt she needed to get better at networking in order to get clients, but as she told me in no uncertain terms, “I hate networking. It’s…
I was speaking with my friend and mentor George Pransky once about productivity – what it is that causes us to get more (or less) “bang for the buck” out of everything we do. One of the observations that came up was that people are generally at their most productive in the parts of their…
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