Deliberately Imposed Constraint: Write a useful post but keep it under 500 words Many businesses struggle with recurring accountabilities. This can lead to important work being missed, and opportunities squandered. Additionally, with the proliferation of online tools many people inside businesses grow confused about what tools are used for what purpose. It’s important that everyone […]
Recently, I’ve had a lot of conversations with people who have gotten a late diagnosis ADHD. I’m very open about my ADHD and when people in my network get their own diagnosis, I’m someone they feel comfortable reaching out to. As many of them start reviewing their entire lives and noticing patterns they’d never seen […]
Wow, look at that. It’s Friday. “But, I thought Becoming Superhuman came out on Thursdays?” If that’s what you were just thinking, then you are, in fact, quite perceptive. But there is a deliberate reason this was published one day late, which will make sense by the end. What do you mean? I spend a […]
I love the beginning and end of the year more than any other time. As a strategy-obsessed and goal-oriented person with countless projects, ideas, and ambitions, only January and December present an opportunity where I feel that I can truly breath, think, reflect, and plan. For me, the rest of the year is for executing […]
Let’s talk about two made-up ideas. Multitasking is largely an illusion and over-committed is a misnomer. “Multi-Tasking” When you are multitasking what you are really doing is quickly task switching. The brain is virtually incapable of thinking about two things at once. You’re not good at it, I’m not good at it, no one is […]
Over the years, I’ve developed a bit of an obsession with productivity or, as I prefer to talk about it, efficiency. The concepts of getting more done, managing my time more effectively, and being able to focus on accomplishing my most important work, have all been lifelong endeavors as I seek to counter-act the deficiencies […]
Today, I want to give you permission to consider that maybe, you might just work differently. Before finishing my book, I remember speaking with various authors, all of whom were willing to share their writing process. What I found was that most of the authors I spoke to adhered to some form of disciplined writing […]
We left Friday morning around 9:30am and arrived in Newport, Rhode Island a little after 3:00pm. We had a lobster roll almost immediately. The next day, we walked along the water passing by enormous mansions that were once the summer homes of the rich and powerful. We had lunch at a local clam shack. That […]
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