What did you make today? Did you make things happen? Did you make mistakes? Or did you make excuses? Did you make things happen? …Celebrate! With more interruptions and distractions in your life today than ever before in the history of the world it is quite an achievement to simply be productive. And you didn’t […]
Despite what all the courses and seminars and books and apps and expensive systems say — you cannot manage time. The phrase “time marches on” has been around for a long, long time because it’s true. You can’t slow it down — even Daylight Savings Time is a wash. For every “fall back” when you […]
When a problem seems to big to solve, just break it into smaller bits and it will be easier to deal with. Like a piece of mosaic, each individual piece becomes a part of a much larger picture. If you can break your big challenge into smaller, compartmentalized parts they will appear less intimidating and […]
Do you have a Thinking Cap? Something you wear when it’s time to get down to business and generate ideas? Perhaps you have some other creative totem that you keep close and “activate” when you want to get into the zone or trigger your flow state. For me it can be as simple as brewing […]
Simple question: How many business books and online courses did you invest in last year with the intent of learning something new or enhancing existing knowledge? Tough question: How many of those books and courses did you complete? Tougher question: How much of the new knowledge you gained did you actually put into action? Toughest […]
Last Friday I celebrated the completion of my 49th annual orbit around the sun, which means I’ve just begun the 12-month journey of my 50th solar flight. Should this semicentennial adventure end as safely as the others, there are a few things I hope to have accomplished or experienced (or projects I simply hope to have completed!) […]
Just this week I discovered the Do Sh!t Podcast hosted by Amanda Mock* and Natalie Jean Miller and I’ve been consuming episodes at a rate of two per day. I first became aware of Natalie Jean during a month long experiment last August to create a video every singe day during the month of August in […]