A common question I get about scheduling is “What do I do when my schedule doesn’t work out?” The truth is, unless you have a highly regimented, highly controlled life that other people can’t toss their urgencies into, this is going to happen to you. A lot. It sure does …
The "Work Smarter" Chronicles
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A typical Monday for most people involves slooooooooowly getting into the swing of things for the week. Most people hate Mondays, and their response to it is to spend far too much time “warming up” to their workload.
Want to bust that feeling today and feel like you’re ahead of …
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This is going to be the subject of a long, long post when the blog gets moved, but I wanted to give you something to chew on this weekend because I just got called on it myself.
Yesterday on a coaching call I mentioned to a client that excuses are something …
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This is a guest post from Harrison McLeod, who dishes out fantastic writing tips at Men with Pens. This is a rather unusual guest post since it’s primarily about Harry’s experiences with my Becoming An Early Riser program – so your first impression may be “Hey, this is just Dave shilling his stuff!” – but it ain’t so. This is a good article that gives a real-life perspective on how to handle any book or program that you’ve purchased … but just never followed through on (and we can all relate to that). So give Harry a warm Las Vegas welcome and enjoy his personal account of habit building …
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If you’ve ever felt that there weren’t enough hours in the day, I’m with you. When I started my business it was the same way. Late nights and the constant, relentless grind were wearing me down. But as I studied people who were really building big businesses without burning themselves out in a blaze of glory, I saw a pattern for their success: they woke up early, and (as the saying goes) got more done by 9am than most people did all day.
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It’s not often a comedian is going to get the spotlight when it comes to productivity and personal leverage, but I had to share this one with you (and no, it’s not a joke). The secret to his million-dollar-an-episode success is a simple, ten-second tactic that you can leverage to make yourself follow through on more of the things that make your business money.
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This is the third post in Dave’s December Challenge series – if you haven’t heard about it yet, read the intro.
(Yes, I know there’s been a lag in posts as I’ve been promoting my newsletter and new time management system. But for now, back to the show.)
You put unnecessary stress on yourself every time you tolerate the idea that there’s “not enough time” to do some of the things you want to, and instead they’ll have to wait until some point in the future “when you get some spare time.” This is loser thinking (and no, I’m not calling you a loser – it’s just you’ll lose out on so much good stuff in your life if you tolerate this kind of thing). You’ve got to crush the idea that progress has to wait under your heel until it’s powder.
Here’s why:
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This is the second post in Dave’s December Challenge series – if you haven’t heard about it yet, read the intro here.
In lesson 1, you learned that simply …
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If you’re subscribed to my newsletter you’ve probably heard about this already, but I’m throwing a challenge out there to all of my readers: Take a stand in December and wipe out any traces of the “victim mentality” you have about time. Have you …
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Contrary to popular belief, procrastination ain’t all that bad a thing. You just have to choose the right things to procrastinate on. Luckily, there’s a simple way to do it:
Before you do anything at all in the morning, write down the 3 most important things you have to, have to, …
