With Honest Assessment Comes Great Responsibility

With Honest Assessment Comes Great Responsibility

No matter how wonderful the past, life can be greater yet. To prepare ourselves for that possibility and raise the probability of its occurrence, let us embrace the process of personal continuous improvement. The journey of continuous improvement begins with an honest...
Are You Asking Yourself Critical Questions?

Are You Asking Yourself Critical Questions?

Are you asking yourself the tough questions? Regularly conducting a critical assessment of yourself is crucial for achieving a longer, more fruitful life—but you can’t productively assess if you aren’t willing to ask yourself hard questions. Bad behaviors and poor...
End-Of-Year Checkup

End-Of-Year Checkup

Opportunities and challenges will present themselves in the year ahead. This means that right now is the best time to prepare yourself with a thorough understanding of your past performance, present capability, and risk exposure. The twelve steps below can help guide...
Reaching a Deeper Understanding

Reaching a Deeper Understanding

Each of us is different. There are great similarities amongst all persons and many productivity principles and techniques can be applied by us all, but each of our individual algorithms for optimum productivity will be different. A personal inventory is required to...
Let’s Get Organized!

Let’s Get Organized!

This will look different for each person. And it does not necessarily mean cleaning up. The idea is to organize your space to best fit your work, play, and creative style. Doing so can optimize how quickly you find and retrieve needed information and tools. Here...
Smart Tips for your Smartphone

Smart Tips for your Smartphone

Today’s smartphones are remarkable devices that can add real value to one’s life. But if mismanaged, smartphones can be a productivity killer. Consider the following best productivity practices to have your phone work for you and not against you. Configure your phone...