Can we focus too much on Focus?
Distraction and resistance are universal things we all face when trying to get things done. And while I believe that knowing what to focus on, being good at working through the distractions, and...
View ArticleHiring help: Why, When, and How
Hiring help should be seen as an investment in your company, and on today’s show I talk about hiring help (employees or contractors). I share about the people I’ve hired to help me with my websites,...
View ArticleKnowing Where Our Best Creative Work Comes From
An early episode because it’s Thanksgiving week. On today’s show: The glories and the perils of running your own business. Why showing up every day is important for building an audience. Why trust and...
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A Couple of iPhone Cases
To be honest, I’m not entirely comfortable using my iPhone 6 without a case — especially now that the colder winter weather has arrived. And so, I’m trying out a few different cases for the first time...
View ArticleHoliday Photography
On this week’s episode of The Weekly Briefly I’m joined by my former podcasting partner in crime, Ben Brooks. We talk about (a) what sort of camera you should buy if you want to upgrade from your...
View ArticleA Holiday Challenge
This is the last episode until after Christmas, and so I wanted to give a challenge for everyone heading in to the holiday time off. Rest well. It’s easier said than done, to be sure. But wouldn’t it...
View ArticleThe Rough Elements of an Annual Plan
For the last episode of 2014, I wanted to talk about planning for the next year. It’s not nearly as lame or tedious as it sounds — in fact, it’s something my wife and I have done for the past 3 years...
View ArticleThe “Best”
The pursuit of “the best”. Who doesn’t love to find the best tools, the best coffee, the best food, the best experiences, etc? I know I do. But I realize that this can, at times, be an unhealthy...
View ArticleHow we tripled the traffic and income to Tools & Toys
It’s been 90 days since the re-design of Tools & Toys went live, and compared to the same quarter last year we saw a 3x growth in pageviews, unique visitors, and site revenue. And so, on today’s...
View ArticleYour Best Creative Work, Part I
Technology can hinder us from doing our best creative work. We get addicted to checking our email, our Facebook feed, our Instagram likes, our Twitter @replies and we never get to that valuable time we...
View ArticleYour Best Creative Work, Part II
Last week’s show was about technology. But, more specifically, how technology helps us to do our best creative work. Today’s show is about another aspect of doing our best creative work: our inner work...
View ArticleBuild, Maintain, Rest
If you ever were to take a week or a month and keep track of how you truly spend your time every day, you might cry a little bit on the inside. Many times the most important things we should be doing...
View ArticleThe Inbox Conundrum
A few days ago I announced a new email newsletter I’ll be sending out every week. On this week’s show (which, my apologies that it’s a few days late) I answer the question of why I’m doing an email...
View ArticleWhy Procrastination Robs Us From Doing Our Best Creative Work
On today’s show: creativity, fear, and procrastination. I think we can all agree that fear is the biggest enemy to creativity. We’re born creative, but we learn to be afraid. After we’ve been hurt,...
View ArticleThe Integrity Snowball
There is a good, common practice when it comes to debt elimination called The Debt Snowball. The goal of The Debt Snowball is to pay off all your credit card and consumer debt as quickly as possible....
View ArticleThriving in the midst of tension
On today’s episode: thriving in the midst of the tensions between our time, ideas, and focus. Links Honesty, Clarity, and Action The Power of a Focused Life The Fight Spot Newsletter The...
View ArticleHow to Recharge
I believe the reason people dislike Mondays is because they wasted the 48 hours in their weekend — they didn’t get any true rest, and thus never recharged. They are more worn out on Monday morning than...
View ArticleStaying Balanced When We’re Hyper-Focused on a Particular Project
Raise your hand if you can relate to this statement: “I can easily get so caught up a project that it becomes the only thing I think about all the time.” Examples: You’ve started a new personal...
View ArticleHappy People Make More Meaningful Work
Tell me if this scenario sounds familiar: You’re stressed out at work, because there’s a big project coming up. The deadline is looming. So you cancel your plans Friday night and work late. You go in...
View ArticleHow to get it all done
On my weekly newsletter, The Fight Spot, I ask people what their biggest challenge is related to focus and doing their best creative work. One very common issue is the issue of having more ideas than...
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