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I understand. It can be really comforting to do what is urgent and stay in the groove of knocking out tasks. In a given day of work, there's always the tasks that have to get done to keep pipelines moving, make customers happy and ensure our teams are
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Does it work? Was it designed in and for the real world? It's critical to take whatever idea you have and see if it stands up to the rigor and texture of people - customers, partners, critics, etc - in the real world. That's honest design.
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This interview with a navy seal breaking down a part of human nature with a renowned clinical psychologist is fascinating. This podcast interview between Jocko Willink and Jordan Peterson takes a look at how civility occurs. We want dangerous people that are disciplined. It's a temperament and a
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We are always working on yesterday's commitments. And when we have committed, it's so easy to make those decisions sacred. Such reverence for our past commitments builds up continual clutter, drag and mediocrity in our work and lives. Without knowing it, we are managing many subpar
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I like to keep two checklists that I execute to keep my business moving: 1. Weekly Checklist - Actions that have to get done each week for operations 2. Daily Checklist - What is foundational to my personal and business goals Business tends to run on a weekly cadence. The
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“The main thing Is to keep the main thing the main thing.” ~ Stephen Covey Keeping on the rails is so hard when our brain loves to pull us to distractions. It's not only the distractions, but we are barraged by other people's demands and priorities continually.
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There is such a thing as decision fatigue. Your willpower and ability to make effective decisions changes over the course of a day from mental weariness. When it comes to trying to respond and keep up with the demands of knowledge work, it's hard to stay sharp and
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The Effective Executive I side with Drucker. I do not think that managing other people is adequately proven. Most of the conversation I have experienced about work is complaining about employees and managers. The one thing I can control is my own effectiveness. I work hard to improve my habits
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Principles prevail in a world of chaos. Much of life is indeed chaos. I think the importance of collecting and testing your mental models - how you problem solve and approach the world - is critical to drive success. The 80/20 rule can help you focus on what has
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"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine." – Darren Hardy Our habits define us. I like to tweak how I approach days and I experiment with my habits continually. These days, I
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I went through a lot of old digital files recently in my Google Drive as part of a pruning day. I had everything from client projects from years ago to books I was working on to consulting and coaching tools for strategy. The vast majority of information was irrelevant to
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The SaaS company WorkBoard announced it closed a Series B round for $23M to total out its fundraising to $36M to date. At this point with their revenues tripling year over year, they have market validation. With more complexity and faster growth, keeping the main thing the main thing is