Structure Your Business Environment to Act More Intelligently

Structure our environment thoughtfully, and our intelligence and effectiveness can soar. But structure it sloppily, and we and our teams...

How to Create a Business Operations Document for Your Company or Team

What should your team be doing now? That's the fundamental question everyone in knowledge work faces every moment of every day. It's why...

Yes, Playfulness, Humor, and Kindness Can Coincide with High Standards and Discipline at Work

Last week, Angelika (my wife) and I watched Steve Jobs, the 2015 biographical drama film directed by Danny Boyle. Based on the authorized...

Frameworks Rule Our Behavior

Most human behavior is automatic, even though we have the illusion that we are "deciding" what to do moment-to-moment. Our environments,...

Using Time-Blocking to Get More Done

It’s easy to think there isn’t enough time in a day to get everything done. And on a strictly logical basis, that’s true. But here’s a...

A Culture of "Intellectual Navy SEALs"

For many business owners, stepping away from the day-to-day of a business is a terrifying prospect...unless an A player is there to run...

Why I'm Quitting SAAS Tools and Returning to Lightweight Systems Like Email & Hand-Written Notebooks

In the last few months I've started unplugging some of my SAAS tools for good, and limiting my use of others. The result has been more...

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