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Think Better by Talking Out Loud (Even to Yourself)
Most of us are familiar with the process of inwardly talking to ourselves. We do it silently, sometimes in abbreviated words, phrases, or our own…
Guardrails for Your Thinking
The open secret of successful meditation is simple: you can’t stop your “monkey mind” from pushing lots of irrelevant thoughts and feelings forward into your…
It Helps to Get Better
There’s an old joke about two people hiking in a forest who encounter a hungry bear. One person immediately says: “Let’s run.” The other person…
Positivity Can Spark Productivity
It’s not my job to point you toward scientific studies about productivity and success. You can fairly easily find them yourself on the internet. But…
Fear Can Spark Productivity
It’s natural to shy away from tasks, projects, and goals you fear. They may legitimately be too demanding, too far outside your zone of competence,…
Systems Have Advantages Over Plans
I remember listening to someone explain the importance of systems vs plans, and she said something that stuck with me: “In your car, would you…
The Good Kind of Perfectionism
We’ve all heard the common criticisms of perfectionism, including: Standards that are impossible to meet, A tendency toward black-and-white, either/or thinking, Too much emphasis on…
Journey to the Goal
As a goal-oriented person, I had to work through a lot of experience and mistakes to learn the importance of the beginning and middle parts…
Accelerate Up the Learning Curve
Unless you already know everything, you probably have a great deal still to learn. So it will undoubtedly help a lot to find a few…
Giving Helpful Feedback
I’ve written before in this space (here, here, and here) about some effective ways to deal with helpful and unhelpful feedback you receive from other…
Some Game Changers
A lot of the information I put forward in this space is all about doing more, accomplishing more, producing more, and so forth. It’s as…
Increase Your Power to Concentrate
I’m a big believer in the power of concentration. That’s one reason I’ve worked hard to increase my ability to go deeply into a task…