The Whole-Life Impact of Work-Life Balance
Work-life balance can be elusive. But it’s not complicated. Here are 3 simple truths you must understand to take hold of it.
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3 Ways to Create More Margin in Your Personal Life
Just like at work, we have long to-do lists at home. You can end overwhelm at home and create more margin by applying these 3 tips.
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Automation for the People
If you want to understand how hard it can be to automate, consider the many attempts to replace cashiers with self-checkout systems. To wit, CVS pharmacies were once…
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End Your Fear of Power Sharing
It started with my first day on the job. I’d just been named senior leader at a growing organization with a generously-sized staff. Yet there were problems, as…
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Go Viral, and Stay That Way
The question prodding us to increased productivity is almost never, “How do I fit more work into my day?” That question leads to productivity “hacks,” an exhausting pace…
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The Science of Meditation
Three years ago I boarded a crowded, somewhat dirty bus and set off for Wat Suan Mokkh, a Thai forest monastery. The grounds featured giant monitor lizards and…
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I Love Energy!
“Are you tired, run down, listless? Do you poop out at parties? Are you unpopular? The answer to all of your problems are in this little bottle!” This…
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A Recipe for Self-Renewal
Time management is about scarcity, because time is fixed. You only have 24 hours in a day, 168 hours in a week, 8,760 hours in a year (tack…
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How the F2F Assessment Changed My Life
In life and in business, there are a lot of distractions. It can be fun to run down those rabbit trails, but it's easy to lose track, and…
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Our Soured Romance with Overwork
The idea that working ever harder and longer leads to better results is as American as apple pie, despite all evidence to the contrary. Chronic overwork is unproductive,…
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The Science of Overwork
In the 2007 film “Music and Lyrics,” an absent-minded lyricist played by Drew Barrymore drives her high-strung musical partner a little crazy by insisting that they take breaks…
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You Are Not the Energizer Bunny
One of the most important lessons I have learned about productivity is this: It’s less about managing time and more about managing energy. Why? Because time is fixed,…
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