Since I teach a course on waking up early, I get a lot of email about how to do it (and more specifically, how to make waking up early easier instead of a freaking ordeal). Most of …
The "Productivity Riffs" Chronicles
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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 …
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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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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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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, …
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While checking out my new favorite blog Trizle I saw a great post on why people tend to have such a hard time achieving their goals. In the article you’ll find the same time-tested advice of “break your …
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What do you do when you reach one of those places where you’re just not sure what to work on? You know what I mean – a window of time, maybe three to four hours opens up – and though you can work on anything, you’re at a loss …
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There are countless ways to try to overcome procrastination, but one little strategy I use is something I have to share with you because it works so well for me. It lights a fire under me almost every time I use it, even if I’m starting out from a …
