10 ways to do all that stuff you don’t want to do
Life would be grand if we only did what our fleeting hearts wanted to do, each moment of the day. Unfortunately, the laundry, taxes and difficult conversations would never get done.
The short but powerful guide to finding your passion
Following your passion can be a tough thing… but figuring out what that passion is can be even more elusive.
5 ways to find work you love
One of the keys to happiness — as well as productivity and effectiveness at work — is finding work you love, that you’re passionate about. Work you want to do, instead of just have to do.
Purpose your day: Most Important Task (MIT)
It’s very simple: your MIT is the task you most want or need to get done today.
Why to encourage others to be brilliant
It is a beautiful thing to create, to produce, to go out there in the world and make a contribution. But it is just as important that we teach others to create and produce, that we encourage them…
Frictionless work: How to clear your life of non-essential tasks
How much of your day is spent doing administrative tasks, and not creating or doing other important work?
Stop reading. Start doing.
There are a lot of people who read self-improvement blogs and books, but never put them into action. Are you one?
Blogging success cheat sheet: 10 tips from a pro
If you have ever wanted to know how to turn a content site into a virtual gold mine, you’d be smart to ask an expert how he or she managed it.
How to stop being a workaholic
A reader recently asked, “How can an achievement-motivated workaholic learn to back off, relax, de-stress, and feel good about doing it? I am too driven!”
20 strategies to defeat the urge to do useless tasks
Procrastination is in all of us, and one of the best ways to procrastinate is to do all the busy-work that makes us feel like we’re doing stuff — while not doing the stuff we know we should be doing.
A guide for teens: What you can do with your life
What an extremely tough thing for teens to figure out: What should you do with your future?
Personal branding: Be aware of your pigeonhole, because it’s hard to switch
Many people aren’t aware that when they begin to make a name for themselves, they are creating a brand… and what’s more, that brand becomes hard to change once it’s become established in people’s minds.
It’s the hard stuff that usually matters most
Some lessons that apply equally to getting buff and to building your business
How to achieve without goals
Let’s say you have an agenda, and every time one of you wandered off the agenda, you forced yourself to get back on it. Would the conversation be better or worse, with a set outcome?
Having – and growing – confidence in your business
The urgent desire for a successful business — and the fear of losing business — drives many a good person to do sleazy things.
Don’t just read about it! Do it
Reading teaches us a lot, but it’s in the actual doing of things that we do our real learning.
How to achieve your dreams, despite everyday pressures
Do you have dreams you want to pursue, but never seem to have the time because of the twin demands of work and family?
How to reclaim your focus
Our attention is often pulled in too many directions, leaving us feeling overloaded, distracted, chaotic, spread thinly, without focus. So what can you do?
Tapped out? Tips to find fresh inspiration
We all have days when we’re just not very inspired, when we need passion and creativity breathed into us.
Feeling self-doubt & a lack of motivation? 4 ways to fix it
I couldn’t motivate myself to do anything important this morning, which is a rare thing for me. I started to doubt myself, and wonder whether anything I do is worthwhile.
