Every night one of my clients sends me an email detailing how he used each hour of his day, and laying out how he expects to spend his next day. It’s an extreme approach (even for my clients who tend to be extreme), but, in his case, it’s the way that he maintains his discipline. …
Are there things that you want to do but you fail to get yourself doing them? Perhaps they are old habits you’re “trying” to change? Or you have actions you’ve decided to take, yet you fail to get yourself consistently taking them? Maybe you give it your best shot for a while and then it’s …
Do you wish you could be getting more done? Have moments when you sit down to get started and it’s just too hard? You can’t quite get into it? Your brain is seeking distraction? Oh, just better grab a drink before I do this. Haven’t checked email in 9 seconds! Hmm, maybe I should just …
Like a rectal exam I avoid doing taxes. I just sent off the K1 to a business partner. As usual it’s only a couple of days before the filing deadline. I hate it’s happening again this way. Next year I’ll get out ahead of it. See, here’s the thing, it’s super simple for me to …
One thing matters to top performance— You. One thing matters to you delivering top performance— You being in a top performance state of mind. That’s the difference between an amateur and a pro. An amateur just shows up, but a pro shows up their best every time. Why the mind of an athlete? Because they …
This situation has obviously thrown a spanner into our year. Boom, crash, there go the goals you had for the year. Or worse, many people are scrambling just figuring out how to get by. What it means for our years is still a mess. Yet, we’ve all seen what it’s done to your days. Has …
“Are we having fun yet?” Today I woke with these lyrics playing in my head. I’ll get to the song in a bit. It’s not even that relevant, but the theme is very much one thing I’ve been focused on in quarantine. Let me ask you something— Have you gotten happier in quarantine? It’s not …
As the story goes, Bill Gates Snr. asks Warren Buffett his greatest ingredient to success— “Focus,” Buffett replied. Gates agreed. That’s the story from Alice Schroeder’s book, The Snowball. But you don’t need this to know… Focus is your snowball It’s focus that gets you moving. And focus that keeps you building momentum. We all …
A client has an enormous opportunity in front of him. But with enormous opportunity often comes an enormous challenge. “There are steps I want to be taking,” he said “but I find it hard to get myself to do it.” Perhaps like me you’ve faced the same type of problem? He’s never procrastinated before. Has …
Over time it becomes more obvious to me where we often get stuck. It’s in the small steps. Is this the case for you? That there’s something you’re looking to do. Like prepare for a meeting. Make a job change. Even just get done something small. You have a good idea of what to do. …
That’s how long an average worker is productive each day… Out of an 8 hour day, 2:53. That’s a yield of 36%. 64% Waste Imagine a production line that was operating at 36% yield. Where 64% of the inputs were wasted. That’s the average workday. The average life. It’s not just routine jobs either. In …
Continuing on our theme for the year of getting done what matters to you, I want to hit the most basic and fundamental idea. All the time people ask me what is the trick to getting yourself doing those things you’ve been avoiding, and this is, quite literally, what matters most— You must be skillful …
In the last few weeks one article on my website keeps getting hit over and over again. The headline, How to Focus on What Really Matters and Stop Wasting Time, tells you exactly what many of us are searching for. If we had to label in one word what’s driving this search, we might choose …
One of my clients has been setting the bar higher. We’ve been working together for more than five years, and every week he’s shooting to get better. Yet in the last couple of weeks he’s taken it to an entirely new level—his Summer of Getting Better. Why Get Better? For many people, getting better is mostly …
How many of you have goals that you can’t seem to get yourself to focus on? They might be professional, personal, getting things done around the home. You know that you “want” to do them, but you just can’t consistently get yourself to take action. I know that’s a problem for many of us because …
You hear a lot about the importance of daily routines, but how many of us actually use them? I know many professionals trying to compete at the top of their game, and honestly, many teachers who promote the importance of daily routines, who fail to use them. That’s because, as I did for years, we …
One of the tenets of my life, and the thing that has allowed me to keep creating the most amazing life I can imagine, is that I prioritize learning above everything else. To that end, I feel very grateful to the people who have written the thousands of books that have helped me keep growing, and …
I spent most of my career stressed and frustrated, thinking ahead to the day when I could quit my job and feel “free.” Well, when I quit my job, it didn’t work that way. Jumping from the bonfire into the forest fire, doing what I wanted was way harder than anything I had ever done …
“What do you want most in life?“ Anytime a client tells me they want to “focus on what really matters in life” and “stop wasting so much time,” I ask them that question. If they can’t tell me what they want in the distant future, they can at least tell me what they want right …
Are there changes (or resolutions…) you would like to make but you haven’t been able? Here’s an insider tip on personal change you can use for yourself. Whether you want to change an old habit or pick up a new behavior consider that your solution is often different to what you expect. Especially if you have tried and …