Mode-Based Work

One of the most important reasons to read leadership books is you can take the lessons you’ve learned and then applying them to yourself.

Are you doing your very best work or are you just going through the motions? This post will give you tips for how you can do the “deep work.”

Yes, you can travel AND be productive. Here are 5 practical ways to help you the next time you hit the road.

We all get stuck from time to time. What can you do when you are not getting the results you want from a project?

I have two ideas for books and neither one will go away. So instead of just placing a compelling idea on the backburner, I’m writing two books at once. Here’s how I am going to do it…

Want to get more work done? Here’s a simple way to help you avoid distraction and watch your productivity soar.

Tired of spending all of your time in your email inbox? Slack helps you say goodbye to email while keeping all of your teams’ communications and files in one place, wherever you go.

Your things rarely come from your email inbox or direct message. They come from what is derived from those emails and those messages. Yet so many times we go to those platforms to see what things are there for us…even if they aren’t our things to do (or to do next).

If you have a task that comes your way and it can be done in two minutes or less, then get it done and out of the way. It seems like a good idea, right? I’ve even offered it as productivity advice in the past. But here’s the thing: I’ve discovered that it doesn’t work.

What I have discovered is another approach that does work, all while helping stave off overwhelm and setting realistic expectations in terms of focus and achievement in my day. Something that just can’t be done in two minutes or less.