Living beyond urgent
There’s a great collection of old Seth Godin articles for Fast Company magazine. Here’s an extract from one I wish I’d successfully inhabited in 2019:… Read More »Living beyond urgent
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Questions from today
Which jobs absolutely must get done today? Which jobs can we (must we) push back – and to when? Who is waiting for my input?… Read More »Questions from today
The monkey and the oranges
The monkey appeared by the fruit bowl, snaffled two armfuls of oranges and made a clean getaway before any of us could react. It legged… Read More »The monkey and the oranges
William Slim on inheriting a mess
It is one thing to know what is wrong; it is another to put it right. I have no doubt whatever that Hutton, if he… Read More »William Slim on inheriting a mess
Clarity. Simplicity. Focus. Action. (Redux)
Do you know what you need to do? Can you tell the difference between what’s important and what might be nice one day, and what’s… Read More »Clarity. Simplicity. Focus. Action. (Redux)
Tim Ferriss on time management as priority management
This is a piece of advice from The Four Hour Work Week that I need to re-learn and re-apply on a regular basis: Slow down… Read More »Tim Ferriss on time management as priority management
A frog a day…
Killing “big frogs” (sorry Kermit) has become a shorthand among a group of friends of mine for getting important done. I trace it back to… Read More »A frog a day…
Peter Drucker on balancing short and long term goals
If a manager does not take care of the next hundred days, there will be no next hundred years. Whatever the manager does should be… Read More »Peter Drucker on balancing short and long term goals
Values and vision: the acid test
Peter Drucker and Stephen Covey ask the same simple question to get at the heart of these: “What do you want to be remembered for?”… Read More »Values and vision: the acid test
Cut it out, or the impossibility of completeness
Nothing is really complete. That story always needs more context to fully understand, that lesson is inevitably missing something important, that job could always be… Read More »Cut it out, or the impossibility of completeness
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