A Recipe for Self-Renewal
Time management is about scarcity, because time is fixed. You only have 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week, 8,760 hours in a year (tack on an extra 24 for[...]
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How Differences with Your Spouse Can Make Your Marriage Stronger
I hear this all the time: “My husband or wife doesn’t understand me. We are so different. We don’t really have anything in common. How can we make this[...]
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Your Best Year Ever, Without the Resolutions
If you are late to the game in making your New Year’s resolutions, I have an idea for you: Don’t do it. New Year’s resolutions may be as old as the[...]
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What Setting Small Goals Is Costing You
Why is it so hard to hail a taxi in New York City when it’s raining? That’s when you most want a cab. It’s when available drivers can rack up fare after[...]
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Are You a Pilot or a Passenger in Your Own Life?
Imagine you’re in a sailboat on the open ocean. You have a map and, after looking at several different options, you decide where you would like to go. Now[...]
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Goal Sharing
I've always done my best to keep up with the latest research in goal achievement. I not only want to learn from it myself, I also want to distill the lessons[...]
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Why Discomfort Is Good for You
Most of us embrace comfort and resist anything that may lead to discomfort. But discomfort is our friend, because it leads to[...]
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How to Maximize Your Conversations This Holiday Season
We are entering the holiday season, and that means a lot of great things: fun memories, good food, goofing off. But it might mean some awkward, uncomfortable[...]
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The Right Way to Fire the Wrong Person
“Does it get easier the more people you fire?” someone once asked me. I’ve been in leadership for decades now, and there's no escaping letting people go[...]
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Lead to Win Podcast, Episode 1
When a high-performer encounters a startling career setback—perhaps getting fired or passed up for a promotion—the culprit is easy to predict. Nine times[...]
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Your Power as a Leader
As leaders, we possess more power than we think. But we can only use it for good if we understand it and embrace[...]
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Are You a Responsive Person?
Unresponsive people drive me crazy. I hate sending an email or Slack message to someone and then waiting days to hear anything back. (Admittedly, I have[...]
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3 Ways to Go Further, Faster
What is the single most important thing you can do to make your dreams become reality? In this post I share a critically important success principle and three[...]
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Why Keeping Commitments is Critical to Your Influence
When we think of someone with integrity, we think of someone we can count on to come through on what they promise. Unfortunately, that’s not always a safe[...]
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What It Takes to Become a Person of Influence
I was recently talking to a neighbor about an ordinance being considered by our city council. She didn’t like it and felt strongly that it shouldn’t pass.[...]
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Can the iPad Pro Replace Your Laptop?
From the day Steve Jobs first introduced the iPad in 2010, I was hooked—at least in theory. The promise of a small, ultraportable tablet was a dream come[...]
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You Are Not the Energizer Bunny
One of the most important lessons I have learned about productivity is this: It’s less about managing time and more about managing energy. Why? Because time[...]
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Do You Have a Not-to-Do List? You Should
Everyone’s heard of a to-do list. But what about a not to-do list? I know of no better way to reduce your workload than this simple[...]
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Why You Get Distracted at Work
It’s hard to maintain your focus in an office. With so many meetings to attend, drop-ins by coworkers, calls, emails, and countless other interruptions, it[...]
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The Problem with Whack-a-Mole Productivity
When I started my career, I quickly discovered that I had more to do than I could get done in a forty-hour workweek. So, I worked more hours. I got to the[...]
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Five Consequences of a Life Out of Balance
If you are working more than fifty-five hours a week, you are working too much. Here is what you are putting to[...]
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What’s Your Productivity Personality “Type”?
Low engagement and productivity are serious problems for organizations. As I mentioned Monday, Gallup's numbers show only a third of workers are engaged on the[...]
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5 Reasons Why People are Unproductive at Work
Take a guess: What portion of the American workforce said they were “most productive” at the office during normal work hours? According to a recent[...]
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Don’t Want It? Get Rid of It!
I spent an afternoon last week cleaning out my closet. It was high time I did. I had shirts, pants, shoes, and hats that I had not worn in months—in some[...]
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