7 mini-resolutions that will make 2019 your most productive year ever
I won't lie. I love the idea of New Year's resolutions. In particular, I like a grand transformation story as much as anyone. However, for …Read More
Category Archives: Productivity
Looking back: The top posts of 2018
This has been a good year for the blog. Traffic doubled from 2017 to 2018. Most of that boost came in the second half of …Read More
What can you do while waiting for a call to start?
The upside of smart phones is that much work can be done anywhere these days. The downside is that such work tends to involve a …Read More
The CEO life: More balanced than you might think
When you think of the job of CEO of a public company, the assumption is that it is all-consuming. Perhaps most people don't log 100-hour …Read More
Roadtrip entertainment: Learning to love car time
When I first started tracking my time continuously, one of my biggest surprises was how much time I was spending in the car. Because I …Read More
My Morning Routine: A Q&A with Benjamin Spall
I am a big fan of morning routines. I wrote a whole book -- What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast -- about the …Read More
Reliving and cementing memories, in little bits of time
Like many people, I take almost all my photos with my phone these days. The phone goes with me everywhere, which makes it quite convenient. Of …Read More
Friday miscellany: When you don’t stick to the plan
It is a rainy March day. The ground is completely sodden; I see puddles of mud in my backyard. I am telling myself that in …Read More
That moment of boredom on a plane
Six hours is a long time to be on a plane. I suppose I could do the usual things to pass the time, such as …Read More
Three little life hacks
Sometimes people think, because I write about productivity, that everything functions smoothly around here. It does not. I have certain mental blocks. For instance, it …Read More