Productivity

Quick Fixes To Skyrocket Productivity

You can install apps for it, buy books about it, and make resolutions to improve it, but the key to improving your productivity is actually pretty simple when you reduce...

Courage

Entrepreneurship requires courage. It requires courage to start, it requires courage to continue. But perhaps most importantly, it requires courage finish. As each phase of the entrepreneur’s journey comes to...

Why Libraries Have The Fix To Office Distractions

Talk about irony! The modern office space has become one of the worst places to be if you need to be productive. With ringing phones, chiming emails, interrupting coworkers, and...

5 Ways To Getting Better Sleep

No pictures, not much text. Just 55 seconds until you are getting better sleep and ZZZzzzzzzzzz. 1. Turn Off The TV Better yet, move the TV into another room. It...

Get a Lot More Done, A Lot Faster

As an entrepreneur, you probably have a longer to-do list than most people who have straight 9-5’s. If you’re also a parent, you could probably have a to-do list long...

Squeeze The Juice Out Of It

We derive only about twenty percent of the value out of eighty percent of the things we use. The email marketing system you purchased? It can do so much more...

When It Becomes A Burden

When it becomes a burden, it’s not a passion. It probably never was. You can take a break from it, hoping to recharge the passion batteries. But when you go...

What Gets Measured Gets Managed (Including The Bad Stuff)

My newest book, Profit First, shares a money management system that leverages human behavior. Traditional accounting is logic based. It makes sense, logically. But us humans aren’t logical beasts, we...

Rewards Don’t Motivate Employees

It's old school thinking - if you want your employees to be more motivated, put a carrot out in front of them. The logic goes like this: I have a...

You’re Amazing

You have a blend of talents that no one else has. You have a wealth of knowledge that no one else has. You have a history of experiences that no...

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