Task Switching Is Expensive
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A Super-Quick Exercise to Calculate the Costs

We talk a lot about the value of going deep and creating, as Peter Drucker puts it in The Effective Executive “large quantums of tim...

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And How to Turn It On

A few +1s ago, we talked about Manoush Zomorodi’s great book Bored and Brilliant. We reflected on the fact that

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Can Diminish Your Performance

As I was writing that last +1 about our two Goddesses, some sort of truck starting beeping down the street. I immediately reached over and put on my super simple sound proofing ear muffs. And, I thought of a little study. ...

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Lions, Kings, Monks and Original Thoughts

Here’s another little gem from Dan Pink’s To Sell Is Human. (The man is a brilliant writer and a treasure-trove of goodness.) He t...

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What’s Your Next Most Important Thing? (<- Crush That. Repeat.)

Continuing our theme of hammering our #1 Wildly Important Goal, let’s talk a little more (again) about WINning. We’ve touched on the theme a few times. We had a couple +1s in which we talked about Michael Phelps’ coach’s “What’s Important Now?!” mantra. Aka WIN!! (

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It Is What It Is
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The Power of Loving What Is

Byron Katie wrote a great book called Loving What Is. We talked about her before in the context of making sure you

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And Again and Again and Again…

In our last +1, we talked about the renowned Vipassana meditation teacher S.N. Goenka and his mantra: “Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you’re bound to be successful. Bound to be successful.” Goenka had another mantra t...

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= Productivity Magic

Continuing our theme of how to Optimize our productivity, let’s talk about an Idea from Tim Ferris. In The 4-Hour Workweek, Tim combines two concepts to create some magic. I just so happened to be a micro-case study...

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What to Do When You’re Flowing
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Stay in the Zone - Keep Hammering

Lanny Bassham won a gold medal in rifle shooting. We’ve talked about him and his wisdom from With Winning in Mind a number of times. ...

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How to Get Rid of Your ADD
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Hint: Get Rid of Your Other ADD (Addiction to Digital Devices)

In our last +1, we talked about single-mindedly focusing. Today we’ll talk about its opposite: “continuous partial attention.” First, note: As we’ve discussed, having the ability to shine the spotlight of our attention is pretty much the secret sauce of awesome. And… Yet...

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What’s Important? Start. Finish. (Repeat.)

Here’s another Big Idea from Brian Tracy that you’ll find echoed among all the great productivity gurus. I love how Brian puts it so here we go: “Once you have thought through your work and decided on your most valuable task, ...

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How to Move from Fear to Excitement

Quick pop quiz: Are you afraid of something these days? Pause for a moment and identify one thing that’s kinda (or really) stressing you out. Might be work, relationships, finances. Whatever. Got it? All right. Now, I can *guarantee* you that any fear you may have is tied to a N...

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Warren Buffett on Goal Setting
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Three Steps to Clarity

In Born for This, Chris Guillebeau tells us that, according to legend, Warren Buffet once gave a struggling friend a three steps process for setting goals. Here’s the quick look. 1. Start by writing down 25 things you’...

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Creates a Poverty of Attention

Herbert Simon won the Nobel Prize in Economics. He was one of the early thought leaders in the field of “attention economics.” In 1971, he told us: “What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of...

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How to Deal with the Dementors in Your Life

Continuing our Harry Potter theme, let’s explore how to deal with dementors in your life. Recall that dementors are big, ugly, wraith-like creatures that feed on and suck all the happiness out of you. And, if they’re feeling really feisty, they’ll give you a kiss that sucks your ...

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