Decision-making & Mindset
Tips for Building Mental Fitness for Better Time Management
I had the opportunity to interview MYNDY founder and coach Lissy Alden about mental fitness. You can watch the interview by clicking on the graphic below or read the highlights beneath it: We covered a lot of ground surrounding mental fitness, including: *There are brain exercises you can do to be more…
Read MoreHow a Transformational Money Mindset Can Improve Your Productivity
Mindset is a critical part of your path to success – or your path to elsewhere. If you have a positive mindset, you can accomplish great things. If you don’t have a positive mindset, you can probably guess what the result will be. Understanding how and why you think the way you do, and…
Read MoreHow Better Decision-Making Boosts Your Productivity
One of the fundamental time management skills that I teach to my individual clients and workshop participants is decision-making. Specifically, we discuss the decision-making skill of prioritization. In my conversation with Dr. Somik Raha, he explained that in decision science, there are two parts: 1) how do we actually make decisions and 2) how do…
Read MoreHow to Set Goals and Accomplish Them
When I googled “How to set and accomplish goals,” here’s what came up: How to set goals examples 7 steps of goal setting How to set goals in life 5 steps of goal setting Smart goals The last one, Smart goals, is helpful because it’s an acronym that can guide you through the goal-setting…
Read MorePrioritization – Permission to Not Finish
In previous blogs I’ve shared recommendations for: Why priorities are important How to prioritize tasks How to prioritize tasks to prevent fire drills Various techniques for prioritizing work tasks How to set priorities in life The benefits of setting priorities A question that I’ve been asked several times of late is one that I…
Read MoreDoes Multi-Tasking Really Work?
The term multi-tasking was all the rage when I was graduating from college in the early 90’s. In fact, it was a skill that was supposed to be listed on job applications and resumes. After all, if you could multi-task, then you could accomplish more. A few decades later, research emerged that multi-tasking wasn’t…
Read MoreWhat Is a Priority and Why Is It Important?
If you’ve browsed or studied material on the subject of productivity or time management, you’ve probably encountered the words priority and prioritization. These terms are used in our daily language and understood by most people. As an example, you might read sports articles about how “America’s Team” (aka the Dallas Cowboys football team) made it…
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