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Step Backward to Move Forward
The most common approach to making progress is to push forward. That’s fine, because it works well most of the time. But occasionally, you can…
Here’s What’s Good About Conflict
As social beings, people are born, bred, and raised for the most part to avoid conflict. But that’s impossible, of course, because – as I…
Reaching Difficult Agreements
As I’ve written many times, increasing your level of productivity and success entails working well with others. That’s not always easy, though, and it’s particularly…
Using Your Strengths for Productivity and Success
All of us develop and regularly exhibit a portfolio of strengths and weaknesses. What’s more, most of us seek to improve on them as much…
The Power of Conscientiousness
It’s less showy, less newsworthy, much less praised than creativity, innovation, and risk-taking. But conscientiousness is a critical element in building productivity and success in…
Rules for Risking Failure
I’ve written on failure before, including here and here, asserting there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with it. But I was wrong. Failure is a mixed bag….
Elements of Empathy
A key aspect of increasing your level of productivity and success is your ability to work well with other people. Central to that is your…
Know Your Competence Silos
As you know, I’m intensely interested in productivity and success, and in finding ways to boost them both. So I was intrigued to come across…
Loving Your Inner Critic
“You didn’t do that very well, did you?” “You made the wrong choice.” “That was stupid.” We’ve all heard critical comments like these directed at…
Time For an Update
As I’ve written many times before, pretty much the only constant these days is change. And when change happens, nearly always the appropriate response is…
Back Off That Measurement Fetish
As I’ve written recently, I spent many years tracking the time on spent on each of my daily, weekly, and monthly projects. That served me…
Empathy Promotes Productivity
I’ve written often about the need for and benefit of working well with others. This time around, I’d like to revisit this topic from a…