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.
Success
OCTOBER 16, 2022
In our book, Cashing Out: Win The Wealth Game By Walking Away , my wife, Kiersten, and I propose that you completely reevaluate the typical approach of working for 40 to 50 years and plan to exit the workforce after only 15. And there’s no better question to ask yourself than, “How long should it be?”.
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Success
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
The kids would go to bed, the dishes would be put away, and I’d grab a book and sit down and think, Oh wait. As with anything that demands daily dedication, my journal started to seep into the sticky ground of chores, rather than mental wellness. I need to go be grateful for something. I even like scarves. Lord, that was hard.
Success
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
And so in business, creating a regular cadence—quarterly, weekly—that people can trust helps set up for the next sprint. . I’ve really taken to listening to books, reading, trying to be around other successful people as something I’m actively engaged in, and it worked. MP: Adaptability is crucial in business.
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.
Productivityist
OCTOBER 28, 2013
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. I make the time for a weekly review and mini daily reviews to scan all that I have going on or coming up. Along the way, I added a layer on top of GTD, Agile Results.
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. My type A personality always wants to finish a task or activity COMPLETELY, RIGHT NOW because I’m just so excited.
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