Take a look at your office. It’s a box. Your computer? Another box. You leave work and climb into a motorized box. Then you drive home to another, more expensive box. Once settled in, you grab something to eat from a refrigerated box. And eventually you plop down in front of a mesmerizing box. Do…Read moreRead more
How to be more productive
Transcend the box…
How to peel a banana…
There’s a better way to peel a banana. The process is frustration-free and prevents bruising. It even takes those stringy things off of the fruit. Try it. Instead of bending and twisting and eventually tearing the stem with your teeth. Hold the banana stem facing down. Now gently pinch the very top of the…Read moreRead more
Learn to Experiment…
Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions.All life is an experiment.The more experiments you make,the better- Ralph Waldo Emerson One of the most common complaints of today’s executives is this;The people they supervise hate to make changes though they are constantly being required to in this highly competitive business environment.The executives then…Read moreRead more
Explore Experience Audit…
When was the last time you went to a supermarket and watched customers look at your product?when was the last time you were a mystery shopper for your own products or service? If managers would call their own customer services lines and have to wait forever,trapped in “voice mail jail” those truly committed to…Read moreRead more
Do You Know How Mentorship Works…?
Mentorship works for two reasons. Certainly, the person being mentored gains from advice and counsel and even access to others via introductions, etc. But mostly, it works because the person with a mentor has a responsibility to stand up and actually get moving. The only way to repay your mentor is by showing the…Read moreRead more
Produce Something…
Words carry energy. Each word you say out loud or internally to yourself catalyzes a different response in your brain and therefore throughout your whole body.I always enjoy what happens when I increase the use of the word “Produce” If I want to move closer toward achieving my life’s goals today,I might start my morning…Read moreRead more
Enjoy Some Stage Fright…
If you get stage fright before a big call,or before a big presentation,what does it mean? Does it mean you are a weak person?Does it mean you are unprepared? Does it mean you are immature? No,it means none of those things. It means you are in a truly great profession.I mean who else gets stage…Read moreRead more
Where Else Would You Look…?
Comedian Jeff Fox was joking about phrases we all utter without thinking.I laughed out loud when he mentioned that people hunting for a lost item often absentmindedly announce,”I found it in the last place I looked” Well,of course you did!Once you come across it,why would you continue searching? I feel the same way when I”m…Read moreRead more
Where is the productivity gap..?
You’d think that with all the iPad productivity apps, smartphone productivity apps, productivity blogs and techniques and discussions… that we’d be more productive as a result. Are you more productive? How much more? I wonder how much productivity comes from new techniques, and how much comes from merely getting sick of non-productivity and deciding to…Read moreRead more