If your to do list Is longer than five items for today… you’re kidding yourself. Trust me. At one point I went to see my doctor because I thought I had ulcer. He asked me what my work was like. When I showed him my to do list, it was over 20 items long for […]
Productivity
Workaholism Is Stupid
There’s a romantic image of the hard-working entrepreneur, bleary-eyed, sleeves rolled up, in the office late at night all by himself… “burning the midnight oil”. We buy into these images, don’t we? The problem is, they’re founded on lies. The lie says that if you want to succeed, you have to sacrifice your free time, […]
Email: As Addictive As Crack?
If you check your email more than 3 times per day, one of the following is true: 1. Your job is to answer email. Skip the rest of this post. 2. You are addicted to checking your email, and you let other people derail your priorities every day. 3. You WORK for someone who is […]
Meetings Equal Mediocrity
Meetings are temporary committees. Nothing great gets done by committees. Typically meetings are the exact opposite of actual work. They are a way of avoiding work, a way for egos to inflate, and a great way to waste time. If you must have a meeting… and I mean if you really MUST… here are three […]
How I Work Each Day As a Writer
I receive many questions about how I work, how I manage my time, and what my “systems” are for working as a writer and consultant. I offer the following with this caveat: I’m still workin’ on it, and I don’t always follow the system perfectly. But each time I fall “off the wagon”, I get […]