The Four Lenses of Success
Success for you or your organization is simple. You need only look through four lenses described below to see where you have trouble and where …
Mindset
An open, calm, confident mindset. Plugged in, mostly. Opting for feel good, then act instead of get into action to shut down bad feelings.
The Effectiveness Habits: an Overview
For quick reference and review, here is a list of the seven Effectiveness Habits with brief descriptions and links to detailed descriptions of each. 1 …
Resistance to Discipline
So, have you built your system of lists yet? Have you adopted more than one of the seven Effectiveness Habits yet? No?! I’m shocked. Actually, …
How to unstick the lingering “to dos” on your lists
You may have an item or two on your to-do list(s) that seem to just sit there, gathering dust, and not getting done. Every time …
The Ladder
The Ladder, like The Flip, helps with Effectiveness Habit #2: Feel Good. Then Act. To feel good, remove your attention from thoughts about what you do not want as …
The Flip
The Flip is an unexpectedly effective tool you can use to feel good before you act. (See Effectiveness Habit #2: Feel Good. Then Act.) When …
How do you spell relief? B-A-C-K-B-U-R-N-E-R
One sure way to having lots of stress is a looooooong and growing to-do list. Double your “fun” with a generous sprinkling of artificial due …
You can never be done. Time to celebrate!
Another useful way to Relax into Productivity is to realize that there is absolutely no way to get everything done. Many people harbor the desire …
Traps in Your Effectiveness System
Supporting the Effectiveness Habits is your system of lists. Design a system of lists that will work for you. I suggest you design something simple …
Effectiveness Habit #7: Cultivate Access to You
You can build today’s habit to strengthen the other six. Effectiveness Habit #7: Cultivate Access to You Due in part to our busy-ness, we regularly …