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Your Company’s Worst Enemy?
A little over three weeks into the new year … how ya doin’? Fresh off the holiday, are you already primed for another vacation? Are you unhappy? Unfocused? Struggling for ideas and grappling with...
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3 Steps To Life-Work Integration
(Today’s post is by Carrie Waller. Carrie’s my favorite artist on earth, and she’s also kind and funny and our friend. We hope she sticks around and continues to take our phone calls. Take it away,...
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You won’t believe this about productivity, but …
(Mondays are traditionally Lynn Miles Peisker days at The Daily Blur, but she deserved a day off so her posts can continue to rock like Elvis. You can see proof of said rockage in Lynn’s archive.)...
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“How in the world did you ever get caught up?”
A smart-awesome-cool-friend-who-shall-not-be-named emailed recently and asked: One question for you, if you don’t mind elaborating a bit – when you say this – In most cases, we’re working ahead. It’s...
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Hitting Reset
Yesterday, I turned down a chance to see two of my heroes with some of my favorite people. I was cooked. I hadn’t seen my kids in 10 days or my wife in five, so after my 6 AM flight from Oklahoma City...
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Awe
“Awesome” is not only an overused word, but it might be the leader of the overused word gang. I must use it eight times a day. But awe … real honest-to-goodness awe, I’ve experienced maybe eight times...
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Come Out and Play
(Ryan Patrick is a contributing editor to The Daily Blur. He’s not only handsome but a mighty fine writer. You’re going to like him. A lot. You can check out his growing archive of posts here.) “Can...
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Technical Difficulties Schmifficulties
It’s 8:49 PM after our son’s school concert, and I’m typing this post on my phone with one finger. For the second time in a week, my laptop has fritzed out when trying to boot up. It partially loads...
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One Caveat And Four Keys To Success
A neat guy emailed me last week and said: Hey Tim, I’m working as a consultant for the first time and admire how successful you are. You seem to have a solid, grounded, self-worth that lets you speak...
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The Small Business Owner’s Guide To Getting Things Done
(It wasn’t all loafing and spray cheese. While I was on vacation, I had a few articles published in other places. Last week, Freshbooks published this piece co-authored by Lynn and me.) Starting your...
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The Difference Between Successful People And Very Successful People
I’m reading Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind from the 99U book series. The other day, I shared an image from it on Facebook. “The difference...
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Freedom From Urgency
It would probably be best if managers went to the IT department and asked that e-mail not be distributed between eight and eleven every morning. The idea that the best way to communicate with people is...
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Permission to Rest
(Ryan Patrick is a contributing editor to The Daily Blur. He’s not only handsome but a mighty fine writer. You can check out his growing archive of posts here.) Have you ever seen a headstone with...
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A Standing Mo
I’m going to ask you to close your eyes and imagine something, and I want you to do it. Don’t blow this off. I’m going to ask you to imagine 45,186 people standing and applauding for you for 90...
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I Quit.
Does your company have goals you want to complete in this blink-of-an-eye time between now and year’s end? How about personal goals? See, I’ve been the better part of sick for the worse part of five...
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Join The 30-Day Smartphone Cleanse
Do you find yourself thumbing through your smartphone at stoplights? In line at the grocery store? While watching TV? While you’re with your children or your spouse. At the risk of sounding like an...
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