Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Twenty-One – Are You Done Yet?
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.…
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Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Twenty – The Problem with Putting a Gun to Your Head
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…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Nineteen – The Million Dollar Question
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…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Eighteen – “Done” Lists
As part of our annual Creating the Impossible challenge, I often invite participants to begin keeping a “done” list – a list of everything they…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Seventeen – A 3 Word Formula for Creating Your Own Perfect Getting Stuff Done Program
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…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Sixteen – The Ultimate Getting Stuff Done System
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…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Fifteen – On Grace and Grit
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…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Fourteen – Do You Really Need to Motivate Yourself?
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…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Thirteen – Indiscriminate Enjoyment, part two
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…
Things I’m Avoiding Doing December Challenge Day Twelve – Indiscriminate Enjoyment, part one
I was speaking with my friend and mentor George Pransky once about productivity – what it is that causes us to get more (or less)…