Success
FEBRUARY 5, 2023
In his book The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance , Schwartz and co-authors Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy, Ph.D., Schwartz, founder and CEO of The Energy Project, advocates for a work style based on a series of sprints rather than a marathon.
Executive Assistant Breakthrough
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
I’d be sprinting to drop it off in time at 9 am before the last chime of the bell. Which means that even though you love writing and really wanted to crank out that book chapter this weekend, you may still find that you cleared out 800 junk emails and re-organized your sock drawer, but have no book chapter to show.
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Productivityist
OCTOBER 28, 2013
Many a time I''ve struggled with trying to remember when, what, and for whom as my email piled up. I use its Three Important Things for today, this week, this month, along with its Monthly Sprints to help me focus. It''s not about the hot new toy/app/book. The dogs are the only ones who let me know what I need to do and when.
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
JANUARY 21, 2013
This results in staying up really late to finish a good book or whatever project I’m indulging in and throwing my sleep schedule out of whack. So this year, I am trying to slow down the pace to marathon, not sprinting. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.
The Marq
DECEMBER 3, 2009
I didn’t purchase it until Sprint of 2009. The only thing I noticed was some lag when typing an email. You see, I use my phone heavily for email. Given that I receive anywhere from 50 to 200 emails a day, I see an enormous lag switching in and out of the email application on the device as well.
Success
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Shifting to remote work has allowed some to get deeper into concentrated work sprints, followed by periods of rest, movement or other home-based obligations. Before she even had home internet decades ago, Paterson remembers taking a day to unplug, where nobody could contact her, to get through her hundreds of emails offline. “As
Brilliantly Better
JUNE 15, 2010
Hydrate Yourself: It’s A Marathon, Not A Sprint I can’t emphasize enough on this one. With that pace in mind, I’ve taken the long view and given my self room to experiment and test the waters … and run a marathon of sprints over a sprint and burn. I have stared doing such activities in ly life too.
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