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We are on our way into 2016, and I hope you are using the motivation of the season to make change. No one is going to do it for you. If you simply go through the motions, you won't get much of a greater result this time next
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Sometimes I think that we are all in an asylum. The amount of attention that is pulled from us to read, reply and do things easily fatigues our senses. All those decisions and urgencies have to be dealt with because we are part of information exchange, deal making and project
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Think about all the interaction you will have in the next week. The flow of emails, calls, texts, posts, and content will be coming your way without pause. It is relentless. I'm sure you, like everyone around you, can relate to being overwhelmed by it all. Our tools
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Getting to action is one of the harder and rarer things in life. In a given day, I hear lots of ideas. Everyone has them. And there's something about the sound of our own voice that must comfort us. We like to talk, partly to clarify our thinking,
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Paying bills can be a drag. They are the nuisance of our modern existence in many ways. Miss a bill and it can create some angst and hits to your credit. Well, I like simple and powerful systems for doing business and life. I work with clients all the time
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Have you ever been frustrated at your IT person? You know, the one who builds an ivory tower that makes them the bottleneck for any simple requests? Years ago, I remember having a strategic meeting with an executive team on how to increase collaboration. Their processes and systems needed to
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Yes, if you want to scale a business for revenue and efficiency, then it takes systems, process and automation. These are things I have done for many years and it takes an immense amount of energy and focus for an organization and its leadership to get to the result. Automation
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Do you remember playing hot potato as a kid? We passed the potato (or other object) around a group and avoided getting caught holding it at the wrong time. When I think about how my clients have to get through their weeks, they are playing that game of hot potato.
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I try to reject rigidity in my life and work. By leaving things open, I get to leave room for all the stuff reality will throw my way. I can't predict the emergency a friend will have or the crisis a client will face. Those will come despite
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There is one habit that is critical for your productivity. I have used it for years and it helps me to focus on the best things amidst the choices of many good (secondary) options. That is always creating a Today List. It should be a subselection of what is non-negotiable
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I can totally relate to the overwhelming and unrelenting tides of work. We are all getting hit with hundreds of emails a day. Each of those take attention and create work for us. It is a chronic problem that is so fundamental to getting things done. But, we don'
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I have enjoyed reading The Year Without Pants and Scott Berkun's perspectives on working at Automattic, the maker of WordPress. He shares how collaboration and communication happen at a virtual company with people spread all over the planet. How fun that communication was so open and email is