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Whatever You Do, Stop Multitasking!
"If you chase two rabbits, you won't catch either one." —Russian Proverb The BIG IDEA—Once you have recognized the importance of carefully investing your time, decided what is most important at work and at home, and you’ve started saying NO to a lot of...
Time Blocking—Join the Top 5% of the World’s Most Productive People
"If something is going to get done, it must occupy a physical space in your calendar." —Stephen Covey Now this sounds really simple—but how often do you say you are going to do something and it never hits your calendar, then never gets done? If you are like most...
To Supercharge Your Productivity, Make Sure To Be Unproductive
If you think you read that title wrong—you didn’t. The BIG IDEA—In order to be wildly productive, you need designated periods of being wildly unproductive. At the beginning of this series, I asked you a question—If you were so productive that you gained back more...
9 Elite Productivity Tips
This post includes some incredible expert tips that did not fit neatly into the rest of the 10x Your Productivity series. When we started this series, we started with the idea that real productivity is about making the wisest possible investment of your time, at work...
The 80-20 Rule
“If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.” —Tim Ferriss No productivity series would be complete without a discussion of The 80-20 Rule, also referred to as The Pareto Principle. The BIG Idea—A minority of your actions create the majority of your...
14 Behaviors That Will Radically Increase Trust When Leading Your Team, Your Business, and Your Family
“All things being equal, people work with people they like and trust. All things not being equal, people still work with people they like and trust.” –John Maxwell There is nothing more important than trust in leadership. Whether you are talking about leading your...
Leaders Must Be Willing To Have Difficult Conversations
There is nothing more important to creating a strong team than hiring the right people. But unless you start a team from scratch, building a strong team will usually involve helping some people find the door. The BIG Idea: If you are going to lead, you must be...
