Subtraction in Action
Reducing your strategic focus to only a few key projects is the best way to accelerate your progress. But while it sounds good, doing it for real is hard. […]
Less is More in Strategy
Prefer to watch rather than read? Here’s a short 6-minute video. Gardening Sometime early in the pandemic I decided I wanted to have a flower garden. I began planting things. […]
Get Focused Faster-Video
Everyone knows that multi-tasking is a disaster. But even if you are wise enough never to try it, you still need to change tasks and shift your focus and context. […]
Making Working from Home REALLY WORK!
The notion of working from home seems so awesome. No need to dress up. Work with the cat on your lap. Never search for a parking spot. No commute and […]
What Grows in Silence?
I happened to be at an unusual event where the primary speaker had laryngitis. As a frequent sufferer myself, I felt a lot of compassion for him. But his ailment […]
Distracted Brain
According to recent research at the University of Washington, immersion in a virtual reality, snowy landscape has measurable effects on both the areas of the brain responsible for pain, and on […]
Put on Your Thinking Cap
Most people arrive at their desks and the only thing scheduled in their calendars are meetings; that is, places to put their bodies. If you are slightly more evolved in […]
You Can Do Anything, But Not Everything
As I have been researching successful new year resolutions and talking to people about their own plans for self or business improvement in the new year, I have encountered an interesting […]