The following post is an excerpt from my first book, The Front Nine: How to Start the Year You Want Anytime You Want. I’m sharing it with you here to help you finish whatever you’re working on – and finish strong. Imagine you’re on a golf course. Actually, you're on the green. You're so close to the end—it's mere steps away. The landscape may still have its ups and downs—its peaks and… Continue reading
Positively Speaking with Dan Lerner and Alan Schlechter
On this episode of the podcast, I am joined by Daniel Lerner and Alan Schlechter. Daniel Lerner is a clinical instructor at NYU and has a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he serves on the… Continue reading
Why Journaling Is A Simple Way To Boost Personal Productivity
I’m a firm believer in looking inward to find ways to move ahead. For me, journaling is a powerful tool in this process. Putting pen to paper on a regular basis – even if for only a few minutes per… Continue reading
The Voice You Can Trust
The voice that you must trust the most is the one that combines the voice from the past and the voice from the present. The voice from the past is the one that at least gave some thought to some… Continue reading
Engineers and Ecologists: Which One Are You?
The best productivity tools are the ones that work best for you. Neil Gaiman writes with fountain pens in a cabin in the woods. Christopher Nolan doesn’t have email or a cell phone. Warren Buffett spends 80% of this time… Continue reading
The Task At Hand Vs. The Time On Hand
Note from Mike: This is a post that was originally published in The Productivityist Weekly. Not signed up for the newsletter yet? Click here and you’ll get it delivered to your inbox every week and receive a copy of The Way of The… Continue reading
How To Get Better Perspective (In Just 90 Seconds)
Here's a typical day for most people: Wake up. Get ready for work. Go to work. Work. Get ready to go home. Go home. Do "home" work. Have some leisure time. Go to bed. This may be simplifying things, but… Continue reading
The Now Movement
I'd normally reserve this kind of piece for The Productivityist Weekly, but I decided to send this out for all of the Productivityist audience to see because it just feels right to do so. So here goes... I've been in the… Continue reading
How To Be Productive Again After Vacation
Carina Parry-Stevens is class of 2014 graduate in Broadcast, Journalism and Media Communication. She loves communicating with people through articulate speech, vision and writing. Engage with her on Linkedin here. Now that you’ve taken some time to relax, it’s time to go… Continue reading
Try Working In A New Space To Be More Productive
I got a lot of great feedback on Twitter about how important health is to productivity. It’s not something people tend to think about, but it’s something that we can all improve to find great gains. So I’m back… Continue reading
How to Take OmniFocus to the Next Level
I had the privilege of reviewing Creating Flow with OmniFocus 2 by Kourosh Dini and I took many positive influences from it. In fact, the mainstay of my current setup is down to the advice and recommendations that are laid out… Continue reading
