Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash In today’s world, all of us are pressed for time. For some, it’s so bad that we don’t even have space in our schedules to eat. We’re always down in the trenches, doing our work. Finding time to learn, therefore, can be a challenge. We want to engage in training to progress our careers, but doing so isn’t always easy. People say, “just use your evenings and weekends.” But… Continue reading
Move Slow and “Bake” Things
My mother’s late husband was a baker at Costco — the bakery manager, in fact. Even though he worked in a fast-paced environment, he lived by the title of this piece: Move slow and bake things. He had a quiet demeanor, so… Continue reading
The Rushing Feeling: How to Hush it
I’ve been feeling rushed lately. Not overwhelmed (yet), just rushed. It’s an uncomfortable "rushing" feeling. This feeling isn’t new to me; I’ve felt rushed before. I’ve felt overwhelmed before — I know this because that’s the reason that I developed TimeCrafting in… Continue reading
How to Turn a Negative into a Positive
My friend Patrick Rhone once said that “saying no is saying yes to other things.” Basically, he's turning a negative into a positive with that phrase.It’s something that I need to constantly remind myself about. I have an electronic button… Continue reading
The Struggle is Real
You might have heard or read this quote before: "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."- Ernest Hemingway That's how it feels. But that's not to say writing is the only… Continue reading
On Making Mistakes
Photo by Daniela Holzer on Unsplash “Often, it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then, suddenly, we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.” — Bill Watterson My son likes reading Calvin and Hobbes books. Every time… Continue reading
You Could Use An MVP Day
Whenever I'm feeling drained, sick, or otherwise low on energy I don't just use energy as a filter for the tasks I'm going to work on. I also use my criteria for an MVP Day as a way to get… Continue reading
How to Be Prudent and Productive
In uncertain times when chaos appears to be the only thing in sight, do your best not to panic. Instead, be prudent. Saint Thomas Aquinas said this: "Prudence is right reason in action." That's why being productive with prudence in… Continue reading
Braving Burnout: How to Go on When it Feels Like There’s Nowhere to Go
Photo by Marcel Hol from FreeImages The following post is a guest contribution from Stewart Dunlop. I haven't taken guest posts in a while but the topic of burnout has come up a lot lately and when Stewart asked if… Continue reading
How to Unlock Habit-Building Success and Achieve Your Goals
This is a guest post from Michael Schechter, my good friend and former co-host of my former podcast, Mikes on Mics. When I reached out to him to join me on a special episode of The Productivityist Podcast to celebrate… Continue reading
Why I Stopped Saying You Can’t Use Email to Manage Tasks
For years I’ve been a champion of steering clear of email when you’re trying to manage your tasks. Every time I have witnessed someone using Outlook or Gmail as a to do list, I cringed and did my best to… Continue reading
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