are you focused? if so, are you focused on the RIGHT thing? a lot of symptom chasers. very few find the root cause. to be sure you are focused on the right thing… try the "focusing question." here it is: what’s the one thing I can do, such that by doing it everything else is […]
unkink your business
just imagine… you’re trying to water your plants. you’ve got the hose. you turn the valve. no water… chances are the spigot’s fine. you’ve just got a kink. no fear. I’ll teach you how to handle kinks. step #1 – find the kink. step #2 – straighten out as much of the hose as you […]
short work
short work or long work? what I’m about to tell you, I read in a children’s book in 2018… and it’s been a stupid-effective productivity tip. if i need to accomplish something, i do it. if its going to take 6 hours, no problem. 6 hours straight. done. that’s, ‘long work.’ i suck at ‘short […]
hotel gyms
I’ve traveled a lot. stayed in all kinds of hotels. Motel 6. La Quinta. Hilton. Ritz-Carlton. past the Motel 6 level, you can expect a gym. and here’s what I’ve always noticed. the higher the nightly rate, the more people in the gym. which leaves me with a chicken-or-egg question: does money make you fitter? […]
universal language
do you know the universal language for aviation? it’s English. since we won WWII, we got to pick. Chinese pilots to America, American pilots to China. all English. do you know the universal language for humans? it’s effort. sports field. boardroom. we recognize effort. the sistine chapel. the great wall. the pyramids. we marvel at […]