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The Importance of Focusing on Your One Thing
The Importance of Focusing on Your One Thing I recently finished reading Gary Keller's book, The One Thing. It's one of those books I wish I would have read years ago. I would have saved me a lot of time, energy, and mistakes. The basic premise of The One Thing is...
How Daily Priorities Connect to Your Purpose
Priorities are something that once you complete, you feel a sense of accomplishment and, hopefully, a bit of personal growth.
Three Reasons to Develop the Habit of Journaling
Journaling is hard, not physically hard. Hard to do regularly. Here are 3 reasons we should develop the habit of good journaling.
Make Sure Your Rest Is Restful
The more we learn to focus on working hard, the more we need to be intentional about our rest periods.
6 Strategies to Beat the Mess
6 Strategies to Beat the Mess Bless this mess. I've never been so attuned to my mess as I am now. Moving can do that to a person. It seems like a never ending battle. So how are we managing it? Take Small Bites Ever look at the sheer amount of stuff and feel...
Time-Blocking During A Coronavirus Crisis
Time-blocking is one of the most effective time-management practices, even during the coronavirus crisis. Time-blocking helps you: Prioritize activity Grow your time awareness Keep your mind focused on the current task Say "no" to activities you don't have time to...
Take Advantage of This Time
Nothing frustrates me more than seeing people shrink from adversity. This moment is a test! What will you do now? Quitting should not be an option. Throughout human history, we've seen worse. This will be hard. We will struggle. We will overcome this. Do not quit on...
I Prefer Sunday Planning with Define My Day
I find that I'm more clear headed on Sundays. Maybe it's the relaxed nature of the day. Whatever the reason, I've found that my monthly and weekly planning goes best sometime late Sunday afternoon. I don't wait until Sunday night to plan my week. That's always been a...
Sometimes We Need to Break the Routine
I'm always a little amazed every time I learn something new through using the Define My Day planner. This process is ever-evolving for me. We are never the same person from day-to-day. Always changing and finding something new, so the process is always changing...