Use This 15 Minute 5 x 5 Goal Planning Matrix To Jump Start Your Goals
Years ago I almost didn’t start this blog. I was thinking about writing, but I had no idea where to begin! So I caught up with a very good friend…
Productivity
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6 Tools From Program Management To Boost Our Personal Goals
It might seem odd, to apply program management to our personal goals. When I first thought of this, I thought it strange also. But when I considered it more deeply,…
Tweaking Deep Work In a Time-Challenged World
In recent years I became a huge fan of deep work. Deep work involves slowing the pace of our work to measured, concentrated periods of prolonged, focused activity. It is…
How Tablets Can Accelerate Complex Thinking
Every now and then I go off the tablet completely. I return to paper and a pen. That usually lasts for a few months. Then someone hands me a tricky…
The 2 Minute Cheat Sheet To Make Any Initiative More Effective
For a long while I’ve been curious why some endeavours succeed faster and with better results than others. Whether this is a project at work, an initiative for a team,…
The Mindset That Can Make Or Break Performance
There is a mindset that we do not often talk about in business. We also rarely talk about it when we’re talking about ourselves. And yet, science tells us that…
Why Your Sleep Cycle Can Be The Key To Productivity
We don’t have to be up at the break of dawn to go hiking to totally nail our day. Before looking at habits, goals, or how you motivate yourself to…
Use Your ‘Desired Future’ To Set Goals For The Next 6 Months
Recent research suggests that 67% of people do not have a written plan for life.1) I’m sure many have also not set goals for the next six months. A few…
Why Asana is the Ultimate Productivity Platform
Asana and I have had an on and off again relationship for several years. I tried Asana. Then I switched. I tried to match any application I could to David Allen’s…
5 Productivity Tips to Stop Time Rippling Away from You
Wouldn’t it be great to supercharge our productivity and not feel like time is slipping through our fingers? In this post we look at five productivity tips to make us…