Today in the last of a series on reaching long-term goals, I offer age-old wisdom from Stephen Covey along with a simple, specific tactic. First, the tactic: create two-week goals. Take the big long-term goal that you have, and ask yourself this simple question: “What can I accomplish in two weeks that will lead me … Continued
Friends, This week is just another week. Today is just another day. This hour has 60 minutes like every other. And this instant is all you ever have – a largely unending succession to be sure – but only just this instant to be lived. And yet we have the capacity to draw back from … Continued
Friends, Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrote a fascinating piece on President Obama’s wide-reaching use of deadlines – on Gitmo, health care, Iran, Russian arms deals, and a wide array of other issues – in yesterday’s New York Times. She suggests the risks can be high when deadlines pass without action or action is forced prematurely, and … Continued
I am working with a group of executives and when asked what issue they would like to discuss at our monthly meeting, they quickly and overwhelmingly said: Work overload. Email in particular has been mounting, becoming more and more of a daily (and nightly) grind. We discussed numerous “tips and tricks” that make much … Continued