How to Organize Your Work & Your LifeFinding Work You Will Love
Most of what I write about in this blog contains a large component of objective, tangible, practical considerations or criteria that make the ideas and practices pretty easy to implement. This one is different. That’s because finding work you love inherently depends…
4 Steps to Self-Improvement
As the famous and highly successful basketball coach at UCLA, John Wooden, wisely counseled: “When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. … Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for…
Distinguishing Helpful from Unhelpful Feedback
In a previous post, I reminded you that feedback is great, and I suggested three ways to get more value from any and all of the valid feedback that comes your way. I also cautioned about the importance of distinguishing between useful,…
Making the Most from Feedback
Feedback is great. It’s an important and easily available way to learn more about your strengths and weaknesses, as well as to identify the best available opportunities to improve your level of productivity and success. Of course, this is true only of…
Overcome Fear of Public Speaking
Survey after survey shows that something like three quarters of all people are afraid of speaking in public. That’s an important disability, because so much of your productivity and success in your work and your life involves sharing your ideas, trying to…
Maintaining Positivity
One key element in maintaining or improving your level of productivity and success is your positive mindset. For a variety of reasons, feeling stressed, worried about the future, and/or inadequate to meet your challenges tends to degrade your performance. That’s why people…
Upgrade Your Leadership Skills
One of the opportunities, and consequences, of becoming more productive and successful tends to be encountering additional leadership responsibilities. For a handful of good reasons, people who accomplish more than most others are often asked to lead both people and projects. Even…
Trying to Do Something New
As you steadily increase your level of productivity and success, you will inevitably come to the point where you’ll be trying to do something new. This could be a task or a project that’s entirely new in the world, or simply something…
Working Well with Others
In writing these posts, I’ve frequently mentioned (some might say “harped on”) the crucial role that others play in supporting and improving your level of productivity and success. But I haven’t said much about what you can do to help others. That’s…
Recognize the Difficult People
I’ve mentioned more than once in this series of posts the importance and inevitability of working with other people. That’s mostly good news, because people are interesting and can be capable of great, wonderful ideas and actions. But there’s bad news, too,…
Engineering Enduring Behavior Change
Unless you’re already perfect, there are probably some changes you’d like to make in yourself. Some of these changes may be attitudinal or philosophical. Some may involve changes in your personality. But in many ways, every change boils down to behavior. This…
