Stop asking “how long is this going to take?” There’s a much more powerful question you can use instead.
Read MoreIf you're ever looking at a project and wondering whether or not you should do it yourself or find someone else to do it for you, there's one forcing function question that cuts straight to the chase every time.
Read MoreMany of us come up with far, far too many ideas to ever get done in our careers. So how do you choose which to work on?
Some of this selection process comes down to timing. It sounds a little obvious to say it but you need to be selecting the right project at the right time.
Read MoreMost people’s default is to say yes to whatever new idea comes their way. It's only later they might think about how much they’ve already taken on or what the project is really going to achieve.
What if your default became “no” or “maybe later”?
Read MoreWhere are you exceptional? What are the projects and tasks that are right in your sweet spot? The ones that you're great at doing, you enjoy, your clients love you for, and only you can do?
Read MoreProductivity isn’t just about doing everything as fast as you can so you can do more in the same time.
You can pedal the hamster wheel as fast as you like but you’re still pedalling the hamster wheel. And the faster you go the harder it gets to sustain the quality of what you’re doing.
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