“If you don’t have time, you don’t have priorities.” —Tim Ferriss The BIG Idea—A minority of your actions create the majority of your results. Wilfreid Fritz Pareto...
Whatever You Do, Stop Multitasking!
by Parker Houston | Dec 7, 2023 | Productivity Best Practices
“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...
Stop Zooming and Take a Break: New Brain Research from Microsoft
by Parker Houston | Nov 16, 2023 | Boost Your Organizational Health, Productivity Best Practices
Have you ever raced from one video meeting to the next without enough time to pee or eat? Funny how we used to have time for this when we had in-person meetings, but now...
Disentangle Yourself From Device Addiction
by Parker Houston | Oct 5, 2023 | Productivity Best Practices, Self Leadership
“I fear the day that technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” -Albert Einstien If the photo above looks anything...
Time Blocking—Join the Top 5% of the World’s Most Productive People
by Parker Houston | Aug 10, 2023 | Productivity Best Practices
“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...
The Single Most Important Word For Productivity
by Parker Houston | Jun 8, 2023 | Productivity Best Practices
“It is the super-achievers, and only the super-achievers, who have learned to say No.” –Peter Drucker The word “NO” might be the most important word when it comes to...
The Superpower of Effective Delegation
by Parker Houston | May 11, 2023 | Productivity Best Practices
The Big Idea: Delegation is a superpower that helps great leaders get more done faster. Few leaders do it effectively. Today’s article will provide some best practices to...
Direction is More Important Than Speed
by Parker Houston | Dec 23, 2021 | Productivity Best Practices
One morning in 1972 Yogi Berra awakened his wife and three sons and piled them into the car to drive to his Hall of Fame ceremony. They were in a bit of a hurry, and it soon...
To Supercharge Your Productivity, Make Sure To Be Unproductive
by Parker Houston | Jul 8, 2021 | Productivity Best Practices
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...
9 Elite Productivity Tips
by Parker Houston | Jul 1, 2021 | Productivity Best Practices
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...
Harness the Awesome Power of Morning Routines
by Parker Houston | Mar 4, 2021 | Personal Leadership, Productivity Best Practices
Morning routines are consistently cited by some of the world’s most successful people—elite entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Olympic athletes, bestselling authors, and US...
If You Don’t Aim For An Ideal Week, You Might Never Have One
by Parker Houston | Aug 7, 2020 | Leading During COVID19, Productivity Best Practices
The pandemic has encouraged—or even forced—many companies to allow their team members to work entirely remotely, but lots of people (myself included) are encountering all...
Your Brain Prefers Lazy Tasks—Here’s What You Can Do About It
by Parker Houston | Jul 9, 2020 | Leading During COVID19, Productivity Best Practices
“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest...
The Most Productive People Work in Their Strength Zones
by Parker Houston | Jan 31, 2019 | Productivity Best Practices
Hi guys and happy Friday! If you want to maximize your productivity, you need to spend more time in your strength zones. In this post, I will highlight the research that...
10x Your Productivity
by Parker Houston | Dec 4, 2018 | Productivity Best Practices
This week we start a new series on something I consider one of the most important topics in life—Productivity.If that sounds a little extreme, let me explain…When I...
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