Archives For Productivity
The iPhone is by far the coolest gadget I’ve ever had. It’s made things easier in more ways than I can count – and it’s made things worse in at least one big way:
I check email all the time.
I’m not one of those crazy people that you can’t ever make eye contact with because they always have a phone in front of their face, but I am one of those people that hits the email button right after I get out of bed in the morning…or when I’m filling up the car with gas on a Saturday afternoon…or in those few precious moments when Luke is playing peacefully by himself and can’t see me glancing at my phone. (He can’t see that, right?) Continue Reading…
I know virtually nobody these days who doesn’t find themselves overwhelmed at least some of the time. The better we are leading others, the more people want to interact with us. That’s a good problem to have, but it becomes an obstacle if we can’t learn to work more efficiently.
I’m always looking for ways to get better here, and have utilized these three methods recently to help me work smarter. Here’s what I’m doing and where I still struggle. Continue Reading…
Many years ago, my little brother and I got certified for SCUBA diving. SCUBA is an awesome sport, but it comes with lots of risk if you don’t following training.
Good SCUBA instructors drill a mantra into the heads of students that reminds them what to do if they ever get in trouble:
STOP – THINK – ACT Continue Reading…