Most productivity advice, including my own, focuses on personal output. It rarely considers how to boost team performance.
Recently, I’ve revisited how my whole team can become more productive. Long-term readers might remember meeting-free Monday, a successful experiment my team still follows today.
Continue reading: Optimizing the week for team focus
I’ve been to several conferences recently, and 95% of the slides were crap.
Readers of my blog are surely in that elusive minority of presentation gurus. But just in case, here’s some tips to improve your next talk.
Continue reading: How to make better slides for your next talk
Here’s a trick to improve your writing: focus on your rate of revelation.
The rate of revelation describes how quickly you introduce new information to the reader. A high rate of revelation thrills the reader because each sentence is vital and drives along the narrative.
Continue reading: A simple trick to improve your writing
If you spend two hours each day on your most important task, you’ll be stunned at your progress in a month.
Continue reading: Two focused hours is all you need
Saying no is critical if you want to do meaningful work.
When you earn a reputation for getting things done, people will give you more tasks than you can handle. If you’re uncomfortable saying no, you won’t have time to focus on what’s important.
Continue reading: Why it’s hard to say no