Define My Day Blog
Our Small Business Story
Have you heard this one before? I was... ...approaching 40. ... miserable. ...on the verge of divorce. ...never home to see my kids. ...overworked, stressed, and unhealthy. How Define My Day Started On the surface, things looked good. I owned a successful IT business,...
Define My Weekend?
I'd be a total liar if I said that I used Define My Day every weekend. I don't. But… my weekends are better when I do. Over the past few years, I've found that when I stick to my routine, I feel better throughout the day. It's always a struggle to maintain my...
People Create Their Own Problems
Over a twenty four hour period this weekend, I came in contact with two very different men. The first person I met is living a life most people would dream of. Money, fame, family, and a sense of purposeful giving that made all his hard work worthwhile. He has faults...
Our 9/11 Request…
There has been a meme going around about missing Sept 12th. That was a day we were all Americans united by tragedy. Motivated by pain we came together to fight a common enemy and help those suffering. Then, that motivation faded as it always does and we find ourselves...
Keep Using Weak Words
A few years back, I was having an informal coffee with, by all accounts, a very successful man. He had built a local car dealership empire and had now passed it along to his children. It's an inspiring story of hard work, self-discipline, and personal growth. As we...
Start Your Day With Intention
Recently, a few Define My Day users started a book club in the user group. After some discussion, they ended up choosing The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. So far, they are about 6 chapters in and, after watching their discussion, I decided to go back and listen to the...
Focus on the Point that Matters
Recently, we reposted a Fast Company article with the title "Hollywood divided on whether Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin will ever work again". We asked the question, "How does doing something wrong turn into being ostracized and never working again?" A LOT of...
Experimenting With My Ideal Day
I've been experimenting with my Ideal Day. Specifically, I've been trying to get more sleep by sleeping in longer to see if I felt better. It hasn't worked and I think it has to do with my chronotype... my natural sleep cycle. My Morning Experiment Daniel Pink...
Priorities and Pressure
A common problem many people have when starting Define My Day is determining what is truly a priority. It may feel overwhelming or that EVERYTHING is a priority. It can be very hard to sort through the noise in the beginning. That's ok. It's a learning process. You...