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The Anchor of Procrastination: How Dragging Your Heels Weighs You Down
There may be a few perfect employees out there who have never once dragged their heels on a task…but I doubt it. While procrastination is nothing to brag about, we all do it—some more than others....
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Undeniable Competence: How to Be Superb at What You Do
“No human being will work hard at anything unless they believe that they are working for competence.” — William Glasser, American psychiatrist. “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em,...
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The Ultimate Competitive Advantage: Translating Learning into Action
“What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand.” — Confucius, ancient Chinese philosopher “Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing...
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Beyond the Talk: Why Only Performance Matters
“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.” — Mae West, American actress. “Confidence… thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection, and on...
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Crack That Whip! The Importance of Self-Discipline
Do you complete your workplace tasks within the promised timeframes? Or do deadlines ever slip past you, even as you curse your own stupidity? When that happens, it’s hard to focus on anything...
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Constant Improvement Through Feedback Loops
When he was 10, my son Johnny took guitar lessons. One week he taught himself to play the song Sweet Home Alabama, practicing it for hours. When Johnny showed off his new song, his music teacher said,...
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Maximizing ROI: Continuous Improvement as a Core Value
“If you’re any good at all, you know you can be better.” — Lindsay Buckingham, British musician. Good enough is good enough, right? Perhaps that’s true for cleaning your house or writing an email, but...
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Making 2014 Your Most Productive Year Yet: The ONE Thing You Can Do Every Day
I’m not a big believer in New Year’s resolutions. Frustrated by bad habits like procrastination, disorganization, or a lack of exercise, many of us vow to change. We make a New Year’s resolution such...
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Withstanding the Pain: How to Accept and Act on Constructive Criticism
“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” — Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher. No one enjoys criticism, but sometimes we need it. No matter where you stand in an organizational...
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Sowing the Seeds of Hope: How to Boost Team Productivity Through Coaching
“In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement.” — Jeffrey Kluger, senior writer for TIME Magazine....
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Get Right To It: Open the Seal of Hesitation!
“He who hesitates is lost.” — Old saying, common to many cultures. We’ve all been there, perched on the edge of a project, ready to dive in…but for some reason, we just can’t. We’re not psychologically...
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It All Comes Tumbling Down: How Much Is Too Much?
“A man’s gotta know his limitations.” — Clint Eastwood as “Dirty Harry” Callahan, Magnum Force. Have you ever watched someone juggle chainsaws? I have—my speaker friends The Passing Zone do it several...
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Boosting Willpower: Getting a Handle on Your Compulsive Behavior
“Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive, no matter what they feel, by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt, or fear.” — Dan Millman, American author. Did you know that you...
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Five Things Your Coworkers Wish You Knew
“There’s no “I” in team.” — Classic American teamwork slogan. “No, but there’s a ‘me’ if you move a few letters around.” — Sarcastic response. When was the last time you worked completely alone, with...
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Subconscious Self-Sabotage: What It Is and How to Avoid It
“Those who say life is knocking them down and giving them a tough time are usually the first to beat themselves up. Be on your own side.” — Rasheed Ogunlaru, British life coach and speaker. Have you...
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Too Valuable to Lose: 7 Ways to Be Indispensable at Work
“The most important thing for workers to understand is that you have to make yourself indispensable. You must make money for your employer or make his life easier, preferably both. Also, you have to...
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Written Work Commitments: Stroke of Genius, or Total Timewaster?
“People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.” — Brian Tracy Most of us work in “at-will” jobs, meaning our companies...
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The Eternal Question: Is it Better to Beg Forgiveness, or Ask Permission?
You’ve probably heard Grace Hopper’s famous axiom, “It’s better to beg forgiveness than ask permission.” As a child, my father used to tell me that all the time! As a pioneering computer scientist and...
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Distractions and the Open Office Environment
Many workplaces today feature more open spaces and smaller, and often shared, workstations. These open floor plans have become “the new normal” in many organizations. Some people speak of them...
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Triaging Time: Four Timewasters that May Not Occur to You
I’m a big believer in recovering lost time by killing timewasting behaviors, jettisoning useless tasks, and tightening work processes. But no matter how well you’ve triaged your schedule, you can...
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