Eyes wide open

Eyes wide open

When you look at your week ahead, what do you see? A heavy schedule – or a week full of opportunities? A diary full of meetings – or decisions you can influence, relationships you can build and conversations you can give your voice to? Pressure to perform,...
Why decisions drive you crazy

Why decisions drive you crazy

What does writing a book, going through a divorce, starting a company and buying a house have in common? They all involve a high level of decision making. Ever since I started writing this book, I’ve noticed two things: 1. The number of unmade decisions in my head...
7 Alternatives to being right

7 Alternatives to being right

When my son was 9, he had a meltdown over his homework. His class was transitioning to joined up handwriting, and his homework was to write a set of words in his best joined up handwriting. Like most things that are new, it feels awkward at first and doesn’t come...
Take Your Time

Take Your Time

As a Productivity Ninja, I have many conversations around time.  “Not enough time, too much to do” is how most of my conversations start. We talk about good use of time, about how to work faster, smarter, how to not get bogged down in detail, paralysed by overwhelm,...
Being Kind

Being Kind

Last week I looked at my diary and saw two late nights followed by two early starts, in four different cities. My first thought: “I should have scoped this better…” followed by “I need to start booking hotels if I’m going to keep doing this.” I decided to be...

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