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“Great creative minds think like artists but work like accountants.” —David Brooks, writer The Problem Ever since I first heard of Cal Newport and his book, Deep Work, I’ve had a problem. I have not been able to resolve the tension between the time essential for my work and family commitments and the desire to spend […]
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Essentialism by Greg McKeown has changed my thinking and way of operating in all areas of my life.
It’s 4:15 PM, and I think the Superbowl has started, but we never watch, so I’m not sure. I’m aware that this is a form of national sacrilege. Instead, I’m sitting in my writing room, having just re-warmed the coffee for the 4th time, and after a busy weekend, am settling in to write. My […]
Focus is a Muscle. Muscles Require Exercise to Stay Strong Cal Newport talks about Deep Work. Greg McKeown talks about Essentialism. Gary Keller talks about The One Thing. All of these authors are speaking to the importance of gaining and keeping focus while reducing distractions in service to a specific work result – in […]
Four Questions to Help You Through the Messy Middle… So much of what I’m observing these days in the personal development literature and thinking has to do with big goals and small steps. Any big project is daunting, and so much of the work is hard, messy and in the middle – far from […]
Getting Unstuck and Making A Difference Mid-Week Workbench 10-4-17 Sense of Place: Early morning, Wednesday, my son’s birthday. 15 years ago, at 3:18 AM, this amazing human made his entrance into this world. I am at our kitchen table, coffee in hand, waiting on the sun and my family to wake up. Morning time to […]