I have a superpower I want to share with you. No, it’s not Thor-like strength or the web-crawling agility of Spider-Man. But, this superpower will make you feel better, help avoid disastrous outcomes and undoubtedly make you money. I’m talking about the ability to get...
This article was originally published in June 2015 and has been re-loved and republished just for you. Every once in a while you come across a solution that is so elegant and seamless to use that you simply love it. That's what it was like 10 years ago when I switched...
Today was a good day. I did very little work. But don’t get me wrong…it was a really productive day. Let me explain. Recent research has looked at how many hours we are actually productive at work. And how much time is spent being distracted. The results are sort of...
It’s been a tough month. Not tough like, bad - tough because I have so many goals and at times feel like I don’t have traction. Like I’m spinning my wheels…getting nowhere. What about you? Do you sometimes feel it’s impossible to move ideas forward or get team members...
When I was in graduate school I worked summers as a framer - working in the summer heat, building houses. Correction: I only lasted one summer - it was brutal. One lesson I took away (other than don’t repeat at home what you hear on the job site) was the power of a...
Is it just me, or have you noticed the day before you leave for a trip is a frantic, run-off-your-feet, freak-out? Everything you’ve procrastinated about (plus 9 more must-do’s) now conspires to overload any free time you thought you had. It’s nasty and it leaves you...
There are few things in my day I invariably rely on, like my 5 AM cuppa tea, yoga at noon, and, in the digital world, Evernote. My catch-all, composite of random notes, project lists, scraped web sites, and gluten-free recipes is the clever app called Evernote. In...