You get off the phone with great intentions. “Yes” you say (full of promise and pride) to your prospect, “I’ll get that proposal to you by Thursday.” So far so good. Immediately you note “Send proposal to Joe Blow” (not… Continue reading
How to wrap up 2015 and design an awesome next year
It’s that time of year again—not quite finished, too early for fireworks—and I have a question for you. How’re you doing? At this time of year I’m looking at a long list of projects that still need my attention. Sigh.… Continue reading
Get focused – 13 tools to eliminate distractions today
We live in the Age of Distraction—smartphones, email, people, and social media can reduce your productive hours to minutes. And even though we might convince ourselves a quick check on Facebook or Twitter doesn’t amount to much—it does. In one… Continue reading
Why You Stay Stuck (And 5 Fast Ways to Get Unstuck Today)
You’ve been there. It’s 2:30 in the afternoon, your InBox is open, more emails are arriving, your screen shows a half-finished proposal, there’s a stack of business cards on your desk you meant to do something with, somewhere on your… Continue reading
My Freak Out And 5 Lessons Learned
True confession, I really blew it last month. Not quite like hitting “the wall” at 30 kms in a marathon, but bad enough that I don’t want to repeat it. I had taken on too much. I was clocking too… Continue reading
How to get momentum, end excuses, and reach your goals
This week I hosted a webinar on momentum - I know, not something you might think about every day, but listen to this. Of all the webinars I've hosted in the last three years (at least 40) this was one… Continue reading