Often the simplest things can be the most transformational; you can get hold of them and implement them. Here is a swift way to deal with procrastination, division and overload in one go. It starts with a question… “What does success look like?”
I worked for a leader who started every activity with this question. It [...]
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What does success look like? Start with the end.




(click to vote)Chasing Mice and Eating Elephants




(click to vote)Following on from the discussion about planned abandonment, there was an interesting post over on Ron Martoia’s velocityculture blog, where he talked about hunting elephants rather than mice, with the follow on comment by Ron:
“…focused on and how do you align time, energy, creativity and any other resource to the accomplishing of that mission. [...]
Planned Abandonment - Having an end at the beginning




(click and rate this post!)I have to confess, I am not great at saying ‘no’ and I don’t like giving up on things. I have always thought of ‘no’ as an ugly word, but the more I read, the more I am changing my mind. When it comes to doing things, ‘no’ and ‘yes’ go together.
If you say ‘yes’ [...]
Ready. Aim. Focus. What’s the point?




(click to vote)What is the value of focus?
Why have a mission?
Should you set goals for yourself?
I’ll warn you now, I this is a long one, but you’ll get something good out of it I am sure!
In the beginning
At the start of my career I was trained as a teacher, a domain where the idea of aims and [...]
The 9th Habit of Highly Effective People - Look af...
Stephen Covey has already published the The 8th Habit, so I'll have to put this down [+]
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