The gift of serenity

The gift of serenity

A year ago today I was half way through a 10-day Silent Meditation Retreat. It was an amazing experience: Eleven hours a day of sitting meditation. No electronics, no music, no reading or writing material. No contact with another human. Though there were over 100 of...
Working from home should work for you

Working from home should work for you

Prior to COVID, working from home was a rare but sought-after experience. But when we all ended up working from home for extended periods – with other family members, pets, and all our stuff around us – many discovered that it can be hard to be productive...
Tell the Truth

Tell the Truth

In the context of productivity, when I talk to clients about “being honest,” what is at issue is a person’s ability to be realistic about capacity: How much can you expect to get done in a particular time frame? People are not honest about that. You’re not going to...
Happiness

Happiness

Let me introduce you to my “Happiness Equation.” That’s right. There’s a formula for happiness. Cultures around the world where citizens report the greatest happiness and life satisfaction have a lot of things in common. I’ve distilled a...
Shared list boosts delegation and initiative

Shared list boosts delegation and initiative

You’re not the only one who has wished you could clone yourself to get more stuff done. Recently I was working with a client who’s been consistently working 10 and 12 hour days, but the volume of demand for his production is unrelenting. Frantically treading water in...
Magic of Action Lists

Magic of Action Lists

Piles of sticky notes, several different pads of paper and notebooks – keeping track of everything you have to do can be hard. Lists help. Why do lists work so well? One reason is because when you capture your intentions on a single page you gain clarity: finally,...