Do you utilize checklists to manage your day? Especially for consistent tasks that you need to perform each and every day. If you're not, you need to. Checklists can literally be a life saver. Just ask Atul Gawande, who wrote…
"There's no greater waste of energy or resources than doing well that which should not be done at all." - Peter Drucker Do you feel distracted as you go through your day and your life in general? I know I…
"If I were playing poker, I’d say that until I was 24 years old, I held a royal flush—in spades. But in one split second, I was left with a pair of twos. What I’ve discovered, however, is that if you play it right,…
Are you really focused on the important things in your work day? Researchers at the University of Michigan found that productivity dropped as much as 40% when subjects tried to do two or more things at once. Rescue Time did…
"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." - Zig Ziglar Are you running your day or is your day running you? We are getting…
“When you focus on the practice instead of the performance, you can enjoy the present moment and improve at the same time.” James Clear It’s New Year’s Resolution season - the season of starting fresh and setting goals for 2014. …
“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyper-consciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will…
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl ("Man's Search for Meaning") Being average is easy. …
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn A lot of people talk about this but I’m not sure everyone really gets it. Who do you spend the most time…
I recently connected with author and speaker Kary Oberbrunner. He's become a good friend in a short amount of time and is a fantastic writer. In his book, The Deeper Path, Kary tells a story about Pablo Picasso and the…