Why cleaning up house today can help you set up positive habits that will lead to better results tomorrow. The last few weeks of December always seem calmer and a good time to reflect on the year. Unless you’re in retail or another industry where the entire...
You’ve likely heard that multitasking is problematic, but new studies show that it kills your performance and may even damage your brain. Do some people have a special gift for multitasking? Stanford researchers compared groups of people based on their tendency...
(Or maybe you’re already stepping in that direction, just not quite there YET) Would you be ready for that sort of freedom? That’s a serious question. Would you be ready for the kind of freedom that gives you time, money, lifestyle, choice… Cos’ to be honest – many...
Like passing out at the sight of blood, an uptick in fatigue is supposed to protect you. We all have days where we feel more anxious or down in the dumps. But if your schedule really hasn’t changed and you’re finding yourself making even more trips to the...
Is it really even a debate anymore? Just ask yourself, when did you ever want to report to a manager versus a leader? Not what did you need, but what did you want? There’s no debate. Nobody in history ever said, “Boss, I just wish you would manage me more.” I mean...
Long work is what the lawyer who bills 14 hours a day filling in forms does. Hard work is what the insightful litigator does when she synthesizes four disparate ideas and comes up with an argument that wins the case–in less than five minutes. Long work has a storied...
If your routine looks the same every day of the week, you’re probably doing something wrong. Google “daily routine” and you get something in the neighborhood of 300 million results, a great many of which are various gurus and writers suggesting some...
What are some of the key reasons people bully in the workplace? Everybody has the potential to be a bully when they have their buttons pushed. We can become reactive and display bullying traits when we have our higher values challenged. Because of our internal buffers...
Learn how to prioritize actions, delegate responsibilities and awaken corporate vision, inspiration and purpose to build and inspiring business. Here are 10 lessons to build an Inspiring Business: 1. Confidence Trap When you’re busy you often accomplish and create...
Professional farmers don’t begrudge the backyard gardener his tomato harvest. That’s silly. And talented mechanics certainly don’t mind the antics of the Car Talk guys (or their listeners). Sooner or later, if you need a real mechanic, you’ll find one, and if you...
If you are of the mindset that it’s wise to fake it until you make it, you might be headed in the wrong career direction. If you’ve been told that faking it is the answer to building confidence you’ll want to read on… Authentic confidence, is a natural by-product of...
Use what you’ve learned as a parent to run a more flexible, creative, and connected organization. Your employees need your time and attention as they and the business grow. So why not use the lessons you learn at home with your work family. Here are a few key...
If you’re running a business or work for yourself there’s no doubt you’re constantly trading time for money. Endless meetings, emails, phone calls, travel time… many being non-revenue generating tasks. But that’s all part of the gig,...
Make an estimate on how many times are you are distracted during an average work day. Now take that number and multiply it by 25. That’s how many minutes of concentration you’re losing. It takes an average of about 25 minutes (23 minutes and 15 seconds, to be exact)...
How you spend an hour is how you spend a year. Dan Dowling Solopreneur, writer, and coach How you lose an hour is the same way you lose a day — “God, I’ve been swiping through Instagram like a zombie!” How you lose a day is the same way you lose a month —...
Confident people strive for excellence. Insecure people fixate on perfection. AmyK Hutchens Leadership expert, author of The Secrets Leaders Keep Quite a few mixed messages bombard my computer screen every day. Tweets announce “good enough is better than...
To be a successful creator you don’t need millions. You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of customers, millions of clients or millions of fans. To make a living as a craftsperson, photographer, musician, designer, author, animator, app maker, entrepreneur,...
For the last two years, one name has come up again and again when talking with A-class start-up investors: Pivotal Labs. See, Pivotal Labs quietly helps dozens of the fastest-growing tech companies in the world, including freight trains like Groupon and Twitter. If...
The biggest obstacles facing every entrepreneur are within. Deep Patel Author of A Paperboy’s Fable: The 11 Principles of Success https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/297635 You know you are capable of great things. You know that under the right circumstances...
Seeking a mentor or coach can help you to save time. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Somebody who has already been down that path, can help you get there quicker. The thing that makes humans unique is the capacity to go into their forebrains and to have...
One of the great dreamers of the 20th century was Walt Disney. Any person who could create the first sound cartoon, first all-color cartoon, and first animated feature-length motion picture is definitely someone with vision. But the vision for his greatest...
You have to love what you do, that’s what people say. But that’s not necessarily true. What is true is that you have to love the opportunity—the opportunity to build life, future, health, success and fortune. Knocking on someone’s door may not be something you love to...