Don’t steal success from your teammates
We break down the two types of delegation outlined in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Gofer and Stewardship - and the keys to effectively delegating to teammates.
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Juggling Roles
Multi-tasking is to productivity as smoking is to health. If your goal is to get anything done, goes the popular notion, single-tasking is the path to success.
Read MoreThe Planning Fallacy: Why We Overcommit And How to Stop
We examine the Planning Fallacy and identify some solutions for overcommitment including taking the outside view and observing the Scotty Principle.
Read MoreTools I Use to Manage My Time
This week’s Support Driven writing challenge is all about productivity. The prompt: “What tools do you use to manage your tasks and time?” I’m a productivity nerd. I’ll admit it. I spend far too much time reading books and blogs about various workflows…
Know Thy Time
Although the title of this post is influenced by Drucker (again), I actually want to share two articles I’ve come across recently on time management and “time reflection” (if that’s a phrase). The first is by Julie Zhou on Medium—What do…
Getting the Right Things Done
I’m in the process of reading The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker. One of the main threads in the book is “Know Thy Time.” The point is simple—effective individuals understand where their time is going. More importantly, they understand where their time should…
This is How I Work
Here's a look at how I work including the tools I use, my workplace setup, and favorite apps.
Read MoreDoes that matter?
From Jason Fried, "Being able to see what matters, to know what’s worth doing is an instinct you can hone, a skill you can build." This covers a few questions to help you decide what's worth doing.
Read MoreWhat I Mean When I Say “I Don’t Have Time”
I have three habits I’m focused on right now – reading, meditating, and stretching. I’ve been knocking it out of the park on the first two (roughly 85% or higher completion rate). The stretching? Well, I’ve done that once in…
Majoring in the Minor
If you’ve stumbled across the blog over the past few days, you’ve seen an absolute nightmare. I’ve changed the site design more than five times over the course of the past week. I just couldn’t make up my mind on…