Priorities. While our lives get more chaotic and demanding, we’re constantly trying to remember what our priorities are, and to prioritize time spent on our priorities. But it’s hard. Our calendars are jammed with commitments (many of which we wish we had said “no” to up front), our to-do lists are ever-growing and could fill a…

I’ve got so much to do! What do you do?? Chop some wood! This little tip to cutting down that dense forest of a workload is based on the idea that once you get started, you’re almost finished. 1. List out everything you have to do today (or this week etc). 2. Now, like juiced-up bald ostrich going down…

You know you’ve all tried setting your clock forward a few minutes in hopes getting yourself out the door on time. You also know that this never works, because you just subtract the time instead of actually leaving early. Instead of getting places earlier, you just end up improving your math skills…

I’ve got it! This came to me on the ride to work this morning. We have systems for executing our tasks. We have Getting Things Done, which tells us to sweep our heads, capture the details, do our work in the right contexts, and keep the flow going. And I always say that what we…