by Jonathan | Jun 15, 2022 | Habits, Leadership, Productivity, Teams
You get about 3 solid brain hours per day. That’s it. So, what are your best 3 hours? Might be right when you awake. Might be in the evening. It’s probably not just after lunch. The limited brain up-time limits what we can do. But that limit is not a bad...
by Jonathan | Jun 6, 2022 | Communication, Leadership, Productivity, Teams
“Never miss a Monday.” A member of a fitness group I am a part shared that nugget a few months ago. But what does it mean? The sentiment is about showing up even when we aren’t motivated to show up. It’s Monday morning, 8 am, and a few weeks...
by Jonathan | Aug 3, 2021 | Goals, Leadership, Productivity
Most goals are orphaned aspirations. Think about it. There is something you want to accomplish. It gels into a “goal” somewhere. Maybe it’s in your head, or maybe it gets written down(!) After that, things get a bit mushy. “Run a marathon in...
by Jonathan | Sep 16, 2020 | Productivity
How we activate and manage personal resilience is changing. It used to feel like we lived in relatively stable times with periods of instability that required personal resilience. Now it feels like we’re living in relatively unstable times punctuated with...
by Jonathan | Sep 10, 2020 | Productivity
The same thing they didn’t tell me about being a parent also applies leadership. Here it is, in a phrase: It’s every day. The concept of “every day” doesn’t feel heavy. We are jazzed with starting the new thing. The new job. The new...
by Jonathan | Sep 3, 2020 | Decision Making, Productivity
“The opposite of distraction is not focus, it’s traction.” From a podcast interview with Nir Eyal author of Indistractable. I smiled at the sentiment because I get it. We are distracted. I am distracted. Not only by technology. Distraction is more...
