Double-Dog Dare You NOT to Fight, Complain, Criticize
Do not fight, criticize, or complain about anyone or anything. Doing so has a very odd way of cementing into your business, career, and life …
Steer
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Decisions
How do you decide something? You may take the reasonable approach. You gather data, make lists of pros and cons, get other people’s perspective, or …
How to Delegate for Results
Have you been burned delegating work–especially complex, thinking work–to others? You give someone a chunk of work to do and it comes back wrong, incomplete, …
One Cure for Inaction
One big source of inaction is the thought that we should shoot for big results, that we need to hit home runs to be successful. …
Reduce the Resistance to Your Growing Lists of Tasks
How many outcomes (a.k.a. projects) are you tracking in your effectiveness system of lists? As of today, I am tracking 88 active outcomes in my …
Handling Interruptions Better
Interruptions are part of our daily work. We expect to interrupt and be interrupted. Of course, too many interruptions leave us with too little time …
Meaningful Work and Money
Meaningful work and money are not mutually exclusive. Not by a long shot. Having all the money you want is part of the definition of …
The Challenge of the Checkbox
We like crossing things off our lists of tasks, ticking the box. When we cross off things on our lists, we get a brief sense …
More on Taking Breaks
In last week’s article on taking breaks, I asked you to consider improving your effectiveness by adding an extra break to your work day. Today: …
One Way to Go
As the name of this blog indicates, I think success is simple. It’s just not always that easy. Take for instance getting started with the …