You’ll likely get more done, if it’s the right music. You can improve motivation, reduce distractions, and improve productivity with music… both at work and at home. Improve Motivation Feeling blue? Having a bad day? Music can lift your spirits. With music and better spirits, you’ll have the extra added benefit of improved motivation (and… Continue Reading
For doing many things, there’s one particular fix. It’s kind of a secret, but here it is: Invest Effort Let’s say you have a huge goal or two. Write a book. Get a degree. Write your dissertation. Lose 30 pounds. Walk 600 miles. Deep clean the whole house. Complete Project X. Whether it’s hard or… Continue Reading
If you’ve taken a management class or read a productivity blog or two, you’ve probably run into the idea of writing SMART objectives. SMART most commonly stands for “Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.” SMART Basics. We want to write clear, helpful objectives. We should state exactly what we decided to do (Specific), and by… Continue Reading
It’s January, and the gym has been crowded. My trainer said, “Just wait a couple of weeks, and most of these people will be gone.” This happens every year; it’s completely predictable. Most people abandon their New Year’s resolutions early in the year—for exercise and for many other goals. Here are some fixes for this,… Continue Reading
Sometimes in life there are moments when something you know becomes something that you know. It’s a sudden insight that feels like some kind of revelation. It might be the sort of thing you would have answered correctly on a test, but maybe you hadn’t noticed it all that much until now. Or you might… Continue Reading
I’m updating my Life Plan and goals for 2014 this week. Looking back at 2013, and then forward to 2014. To illustrate a point about goal setting, I’m sharing a surprise I found today when I added up the miles I walked for exercise last year. Here are the results: Jan. to June 142 miles… Continue Reading
The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results By Gary Keller with Jay Papasan Want to be great at something? Or maybe just pretty darn good? Let’s consider that the “something” could be your profession, your role in your family, or even your whole life. “Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers there is… Continue Reading
If you have written goals, the end of the year is a great time to take a last review. What worked? What didn’t? Do you have a life plan? It’s a great time now to revise your plan or to create one. Why have a written life plan? It provides a longer view. This helps… Continue Reading
Jeff Goins asks, “Why write?” Because Words Love. It’s easy to fall in love with words. How they fit together, how they don’t. Grammar, structure, spelling (with liberties). All the ways we write them: instructions, job aids, recipes, stories, poetry, tweets. Art. Or not art. Passion. Words can flow. They can be stubborn. Writing can… Continue Reading
By Piers Steel If we had a coin with motivation on one side, we’d find procrastination on the other. Almost everyone procrastinates. People who don’t procrastinate are so few as to be, well, odd. But some of us do it more than others. And, we can learn to do it less. It costs us: personally,… Continue Reading
