Feb

9

2012

3 Principles on Becoming Excellent and How to Begin Your Journey

It’s been my experience that most people have a desire to be “excellent” at something. Whether in sports, business, school, or hobbies, we are born with a God-given desire to excel, to stand apart from others in a positive, admirable way.

Over the years I’ve met thousands of “excellent” people across every conceivable social, cultural, economic, political, and professional spectrum. From retired Generals to 5th grade super kids, it is refreshing to think back on all the phenomenal people I’ve been blessed to know, watch, learn from, and admire.

So what is it these vastly different people have in common that makes them “excellent?” What are their “secrets” to being excellent?

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Dec

19

2011

The Greatest Drag to Employee Productivity

Successful leaders come in all sizes, shapes, personalities, and backgrounds.  Yet across the great diversity of leaders I have either coached or consulted with over the past 20 years in business, I find two striking similarities  First, they share a common passion to maximize both organizational and personal productivity.  Second, they also share a common mistake, for they often miss the mark on the single greatest drag to their team’s productivity.

It is typically not a lack of technology that drags down productivity.  Most companies today are more digitally driven and software-savvy than ever before.

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Dec

14

2011

The 1 List More Vital than Your “To Do” List

We all have “To Do” lists. From work lists to weekend chores lists to grocery lists (organized by aisle of course) to any number of @lists, we use “To Do” lists to help us get stuff done and manage our lives.

Over the years, we’ve been inundated with hundreds of books, articles, seminars, and systems on how to create, organize, and manage our “To Do” lists. Today, many of us are augmenting and transforming our traditional paper “To Do” lists into digital apps and on-line systems that wirelessly sync all of our “To Do’s” into our preferred calendars. (Currently I use Evernote & Reminders integrated with Outlook for Mac 2011).

Yet with all these wonderful tools and techniques, there is one list far more important than any “To Do” list you will ever create.

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