One of the best insights on what true productivity means in the 21st century dates back to 1890. In his book The Principles of Psychology, William James wrote a simple…
Aggregate Tasks & Build Momentum
If you want to get more done, aggregate your work, and focus on one task so that you can build momentum. Like Work If you need to make cold calls,…
Don’t Let Your Inner Fears Limit Your Career
Steps to manage YOUR fear: Acknowledge it Interrogate the fear to better understand it Choose a different course of action Act on that choice to align it with your values.…
Are You Motivated By Comfort?
Wake up If you want to stay in bed and hit the snooze button three times, you are motivated by the warm comfort of sleep. Sleep is necessary, but the…
1 000 Decisions Well Or Poorly Made
You have 168 hours in a week and 52 weeks in a year. That’s 8 736 hours. What you do with each hour is your decision. You can invest that hour,…
A Simple Guide To Handling Work Stress
Many years ago, one of my mentors told me, ‘everyone has problems, it’s how we deal with those problems that makes us who we are.’ That advice has always stuck…
Why You Need To Develop A Growth Mindset
To shift from a restrictive fixed mindset to a growth mindset we need to learn to shake off our insecurities and believe that we can achieve our full potential by…
Make New Habits 20 Seconds Easier to Start
What stops you from making the changes you know you should? Shawn Achor, the bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage, says it’s “activation energy.” That’s the energy it takes to…
Get To The Root of Work Stress
There isn’t a working person among us who doesn’t deal with stress — whether you’re an entrepreneur, a freelancer, working for a struggling start-up, or clocking in working for a…
How to Create an Indomitable Mindset
Nothing will cause success to elude you more than a weak, disempowered set of beliefs. To create an empowered mindset, you need to reject ideas and beliefs that don’t serve…