Five ways to stay focused

Five ways to stay focused

So there was big controversy this week when Facebook revealed that it was manipulating news feeds in a social experiment to see how that would affect people’s moods. Outrage aside about how the study was conducted or communicated, the findings are, well, pretty...
What’s in a name?

What’s in a name?

What’s in a name? How often do we label our projects with generic names like Website, Marketing or Admin? What does that do for our focus, clarity and motivation? Here are four common pitfalls of having a generic project name: 1. There’s no defined outcome So...
The Opposite of Resistance

The Opposite of Resistance

“You don’t need more genius. You need less resistance.” – Seth Godin I love this quote. It’s one we use in our How to be a Productivity Ninja workshop. It tells us that our genius is already there. We don’t need to find it, we just need to free it from the...
Failing well

Failing well

“Failure is not an option, it’s a necessity.”  “Without failure there can be no innovation.” “Behind every success are hundreds of failures. You cannot have success without failure.” I know this stuff. Yes it encourages me to know that I have permission to fail. But...

Words to Keep YOU Going

If you read my last post, you’ll know how passionate I am about words and how our language impacts our productivity. Which is why when one of my Baby Steppers created this after a call we had on motivation, self-belief and productivity, I absolutely had to share...

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