timesmith

A student of mine recently asked something like this, “Robert, what do you do when something breaks your focus? Now that I have a lot more focus using the POWER Routine, it’s even harder when that focus is broken. The other day, I was in the zone and my roommate needed something. I tried to get back focused again, but then my roommate needed me again. This doesn’t happen much, but that day, I ende...

As someone that works on a computer, it’s difficult for you to see your impact, but that is something you need to see. Like a farmer, that gets to walk out into the morning sun and look upon his seedlings that are just sprouting. Eventually, he’ll be picking strawberries, corn, and cucumbers. He sees his labor come to life, but for us, the best we get is a neat looking report that is still inside...

On average, we spend 33% of our time in meetings.  And yet I likely don’t need to convince you that the state of meetings today is not good. Some managers and leaders seem to spend nearly 100% of their time in meetings. Now that would be fine, if that was a good use of time. Meetings themselves aren’t necessarily good or evil. They are just a tool. How we use them determines that. And there are a...

Ever wondered how much potential work you can do per day? Ever wondered if work/life balance is all it’s cracked up to be? If we were made in God’s image, what does that mean for how much work we should do? Does part of you say “leave it all on the field” and the other say “enjoy life and live to the fullest?”   Spoiler: we were not meant to only work and prioritizing life actually INCREASES our w...

How do you keep track of the stuff? All that stuff you are needing to do, waiting on, needing to discuss… Task lists, sticky notes, email inboxes… your head? Do you try to remember everything? (PLEASE NO)   Do you find all that information too much to remember, too hard to keep track of, and daunting when it’s time to do anything about the stuff? (If yes, you are part of the 100% of the population...

Sure, there really are good reasons NOT to be on top of your email. Like you have an out if asked about something. Just say it got lost in your email! Or maybe the time it takes to be on top of email could be spent better in other areas…   BUT I argue that being on top of your email pays dividends in: 1. Time saved - each distraction costs you 23.5 minutes research shows. So instead of constant di...

This one change will give you half your day back and decrease your stress by 80%.   He’s waiting…  He’s 7 feet tall, hairy, and a wild animal, and he’s waiting for just the right moment… When you sit down to start a productive day… He attacks! But you don’t fight back, you cuddle up next to Tasksquatch and feed him snacks. All the while you say goodbye to the productive day you were going to have....

Did you know that a todo list should not be the driver of your day? You probably know this intuitively already because it is not working for you and causes you stress day after day. According to research by iDoneThis, if you are like the average person, 41% of things on your todo list never get done! I’m excited to be the one to tell you, there is a much better way! Instead, would you like a metho...

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