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With all this extra productivity and success you are – or soon will be – enjoying (as a result of reading this blog and applying these ideas), it makes sense for you to start thinking about how you will make the best use of them. You can, of course, continue to do what you’re doing […]

I know this series is about productivity and success, and both of those underlie the perfectly understandable and broadly popular effort to increase income. But the truth is that money isn’t everything. There’s health and happiness. Morals and values are extremely important. Relationships are critical to life satisfaction. And many of us are driven –

As we’ve covered many times, working well with people is paramount in boosting your productivity and success. And that brings communication skills and effectiveness to the fore. At the risk of beating a dead horse, I’m offering here a set of guidelines to help you get your work and your life messages across to others

I’m guilty of it, too: focusing on tried-and-true productivity techniques that surprise no one and reflect a fair degree of common sense. But in group settings – teams, partnerships, cooperative relationships, even temporary collaborations – there are some helpful productivity techniques that are a little less obvious. Here are a few of them: Raise “Special”

Your mind is a complex, powerful tool that’s helpful in boosting your level of productivity, earnings, and success. So there’s every reason to learn to use it well. One important way to use it is by smart thinking – and not just using one method, but mastering and applying several different techniques of thought. Here

Whatever you do, wherever and whenever you do it, you’ll do it better and get more satisfaction from it when you feel a strong sense of purpose. Your sense of purpose may come from many possible factors: perhaps the enjoyment you receive from your efforts, the quality of your results, or the feeling or knowledge

Life on earth is not perfect. You won’t get everything you want. Some bad stuff will happen to you and those you care about. Even worse, you don’t have any control over a large portion of this. But you do have control over how you react to it. That’s where the value of reframing comes

It’s not just the Dunning-Kruger Effect. It’s scores of cognitive biases that keep you from thinking as well as you think you do. Many of them are downright interesting, but all of them hack away at your ability to engage with various situations and limit the chances you will come away with an accurate analysis

Your world is full of decisions, ranging from opportunities and optional decisions to problems and required decisions. The better you make your decisions, individually and en masse, the better the outcomes you will achieve. To help you improve the parts of your work and your life that you can control, here are a few simple

Whatever career path you’re on, there are a number of important “hard” skills you’ll need to master. Doctors need to understand human anatomy. Plumbers need to know pipes and valves. You get the idea. But in addition, there are many other “soft” skills that will be a great help to you in making a success