Day 97: Embrace Your Own Work Style
I’m not anyone but myself. I’m not Cal Newport, though I really like his books. I’m not James Clear, though I think he has some really great ideas about productivity …
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Day 83: Focus is a Professional Super Power
A while back I read a book call Deep Work. I’ve already reviewed the book before so I’ll not rehash things here, but at an incredibly high level the book …
Day 80: Showing Up is Half the Battle
A couple of days ago I was struck by this thought: you’ll find your way through most challenges if you just keep showing up. At the time, I was thinking …
Day 79: Develop Technical Skills
As I mentioned yesterday, a couple of weeks ago I was interviewed for an upcoming podcast. The host’s final question was about the sort of advice I would give to …
Day 78: Don’t Be Scared of Sales
About a week ago I was interviewed for a podcast (not published yet). One of the questions that the host asked me towards the end interview went something like this: …
Day 75: I Once Had 5 Different Full Time Jobs in 3 Years
Between the fall of 2004 and the fall of 2007 I had 5 jobs. The longest lasted 13 months, the shortest a mere 6 months. Since then, over the last …
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Day 74: Learning Something New
For the last several weeks my friend (and boss) Mark has been after me to upgrade my webcam game. And I’ve been dragging my feet. See the thing is that …
Day 63: An Everyday Perspective Statement for Work
One of the things I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is how to organize my priorities and responsibilities at work. I’ve been open about the fact that at times …
Day 56: Chaos and Clarity
I picked up The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton. It was a bit of an impulse purchase–the initial hand-wringing by the Trump administration about the book’s publication made …
Day 27: Designing a Deep Work Ritual
One of the things that Cal Newport suggests in Deep Work is to create a ritual or routine that you follow when you’re going into “deep work mode.” Over the …