Calendar | Not Doing List

Mar 15, 20212 min

Focus = Not Doing

Focus. How many times a week do you hear someone say this word? It could be you, your colleagues, your customers, and your boss. "Focus...

Feb 16, 20212 min

Not Discussing List

In Not Doing List we look at how using #NDLs can help teams win back time together and reallocate those hours into more import work. The...

Feb 16, 20213 min

Say no without using "I" "my" "me" "you"

Peter Drucker invented the concept known as management by objectives (MBOs) and has been described as “the founder of modern management.”...

Jan 12, 20212 min

“Distract Me” Time

I listened to a great new book this week by Cal Newport called Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World. It builds on...

Jan 5, 20213 min

Saying "No" to Your Boss

After you make a Not Doing List, fear will quickly set in. Fear that you can't actually skip, dodge, delete, or not do the things on your...

Jan 3, 20213 min

Productive Days Don’t Happen by Accident

74% of people report leaving the office without having done the important things. Think about your average weekday morning. How does it...

Dec 24, 20203 min

Find Time for Your 2021 Resolutions

We are about to turn the page into next year. That is a signal for most people to get busy listing out resolutions. However, according to...

Dec 22, 20201 min

Playing Tetris With Your Calendar = 22%+ More Productivity

To help win back more of your #168hours for important work in 2021, try these tricks heading into the new year: Stack meetings...

Dec 22, 20202 min

6 Questions to Zero-Base Your 2021 Calendar

Before you shut down and sign off for the year, take some time to zero-base your 2021 calendar. What does zero-basing mean? Let me...