by Parker Houston | Aug 7, 2020 | 10x Your Productivity, Leading During COVID19
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 the challenges that come with that seemingly blissful dream of working from home. This big change...
by Parker Houston | Jul 16, 2020 | 10x Your Productivity, Leading During COVID19, 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 like dinner with your family, your time alone, or a recent meeting you had with your team—this...
by Parker Houston | Jul 9, 2020 | 10x Your Productivity, Leading During COVID19
“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 one first.” –Mark Twain With most people working from home during the pandemic, staying focused...
by Parker Houston | Feb 14, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity
Hi guys and happy Friday! This will be the final post in the 10x Your Productivity series. This post includes some incredible expert tips that did not fit neatly into previous posts. When we started this series, we started with the idea that real productivity is about...
by Parker Houston | Jan 31, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity
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 explains why this is vitally important, then give you practical steps you can take to get yourself...
by Parker Houston | Jan 24, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity, Self Leadership
Hi guys and happy Friday! If you truly want to supercharge your productivity, you cannot overlook the importance of morning routines. Morning routines are consistently cited by some of the world’s most successful people—elite entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Olympic...
by Parker Houston | Jan 17, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity
Hi guys and happy Friday! “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. Here is today’s BIG IDEA—A minority of your actions...
by Parker Houston | Jan 10, 2019 | 10x Your Productivity
Hi guys and happy Friday! If you think you read that title wrong—you didn’t. Here is today’s 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...
by Parker Houston | Dec 28, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity
Several years ago, I heard Stephen Covey say something that changed my life—he said that if something is going to get done, it must occupy a physical space in your calendar. Now this sounds really simple—but how often do you say you are going to do something and it...
by Parker Houston | Dec 21, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity
Hi guys and Happy Holidays! Today’s 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 stuff—then you need to stop multitasking and do one...
by Parker Houston | Dec 15, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity
Last week we discussed the vital importance of knowing what your most important goals are in your personal and professional life—the direction you want to go. That is the foundation for this week’s lesson. “It is the super-achievers, and only the super-achievers, who...
by Parker Houston | Dec 9, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity
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 became apparent he had taken a wrong turn somewhere. He accelerated, hoping he would make it...
by Parker Houston | Dec 4, 2018 | 10x Your Productivity
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 say productivity, I don’t mean doing more stuff at a high rate of speed.You might be a straight...
