Two Habits That Will Change Your Life

We humans, for all our faults, have a deeply embedded desire to change the world around us for the better. Your definition of better might differ from mine, but it’s safe to assume that (with the rare occasion), few of us want to actively make the world worse. It’s this ambition to improve that leads…

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Dial This Thing In For Maximum Productivity

I genuinely nerd out on the idea of getting as much juice out of my day as possible. That is not to suggest that I am the most productive person in the world (the unfortunate number of hours I waste on YouTube can attest to that), but as a fella who’s learned to produce a…

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6 Proven Strategies of Top Performers

You’re ambitious, competent, and an absolute gem to be around. You not only work your butt off, but thanks to your quiver of skills and abilities, you bring insane amounts of value to whatever company you call home. And yet, despite all this, you’ve hit a glass ceiling. Your boss doesn’t seem to grasp just…

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The Secret to a Winning Morning Routine

The quest for improved productivity is Sisyphean. Bit by bit we push the boulder up the mountain only to occasionally stumble, lose our grip on that chunk of granite, and then get summarily smooshed by the damned thing. Yeah, that’s right, we’re coming straight out the gates, swinging towards the fences with our weird, strange…

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The Socratic Method for the Modern Leader

I love answering people’s questions. It fills my ego with an almost perverse sort of glee when somebody comes to me with a question I definitively know the answer to. The joy my ego derives is directly linked to the unspoken power I now wield over the other person. Now, you might disagree, thinking the…

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The 4 Ways of Getting More Done By Doing Less

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi Earlier this week I sat at a big conference table alongside some really smart people, with many important tasks vying for their attention, and (like all of us) too little time to complete them all. I’d…

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Breaking the Multitasking Myth

multitasking myth

Raise your hand if you think you’re an above-average multitasker. Okay, so obviously I can’t see you through the computer, so I have no idea how many of you actually raised your hands (hopefully it was more of a mental hand raise than a physical thing anyhow). Lucky for us, I’m not the first person…

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