Every time I struggle with my parallel parking, I’m reminded of the movie Austin Powers. During this classic scene, Powers is trying to “course correct” his parking job, by pivoting inch by inch in a narrow corridor. Yet despite his herculean effort, he makes zero progress. With my road test firmly ensconced in the past, …
Life is lived in seasons. Long stretches of time, book-ended by milestones. Milestones like graduation, getting married, having a child and sending that same child off to college. One of the most beautiful seasons of life is the DINK season. (For the uninitiated, DINK stands for dual income, no kids.) It begins right when you …
I did something crazy this week. I flew down to Mexico by myself for a 4 day surf trip. No kids. No wife. Fish tacos every day. A $90 a night hotel room with youth hostel vibes. And tons of surfing. Now here’s the crazy part. It’s only the second trip I’ve taken “for fun” …
RadReaders are a quirky bunch. We have a hard time being lazy. (Especially on a 3 day weekend.) We’re always trying to optimize things. And we make things unnecessarily complicated. Look no further than a simple to-do list. We obsess over capture speed. Zapier automations. Chrome plug-ins. And text expanders. But what if we’re just …
“It’s like herding cats.” That’s how a friend recently described being a manager. Jerry Colonna (aka the CEO Whisperer) has his own pithy take on what makes management tricky: We’re just bags of chemicals. Yup. And as a manager we need to get these bags of chemicals to “click.” Now don’t get me wrong. Management is …
Most of the things you do don’t matter. Yup, that tweet you’re reading. No impact. The presentation you just edited. No one’s going to read the slide. And that feature you just shipped. Crickets. As you’re taking a mental inventory of all your activities, this may feel a bit harsh. But the Pareto Principle states …
When I was in college, I was always looking for quick tricks to make an extra dollar. I worked library shifts and helped students with their printing issues. (Get paid to study!) I did random moving jobs. (Get paid to work out!) I signed up to let AllAdvantage track my computer and serve me banner …
Let’s paint a picture of your morning. You wake up. Open one eye. Then the other. The timer starts. How many seconds until you grab your phone? The data ain’t pretty. 31% of workers under age 40 are on their work email – within less than a minute of waking up. (Per research from Superhuman.) …
Let’s noodle over these 3 statements: I never have enough time I have a futile fixation of getting it all done I’m overwhelmed by the number of inputs in my life I’m seeing a few heads nod as you scroll through this list. And here’s what makes the promise of productivity so compelling. If we …
Let’s time travel back to the year 2001. I was a newly-minted college graduate. The Blackberry 5810 was the hottest device in tech. Trent Dilfer was a Super Bowl champion. It would take another decade for our lives to be dominated by Instagram-scrolling. That’s whenI picked up my first copy of David Allen’s productivity classic …
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