Everything’s Overrated…Except For This
How many articles have you read where someone says something is overrated? Leadership is overrated. Talent is overrated. Your sense of self worth is overrated. Athletes are overrated. I agree with every sentiment that has ever been written on something being overrated. I will tell you why in a minute. What I don’t hear about being overrated is doing work. So back to my point about agreeing with every article that has called something overrated. Think about the amount of information that we are exposed to. The depth and breadth of the information as well as the speed with which we get it almost guarantees that we are going to
2 Reasons to Keep Your Day Job
If you are a budding entrepreneur and you are looking to make the move from your current job to running your own business there may be some reasons why leaving your job is not the best idea. In fact I have come up with 2 reasons that keeping your day job may make sense. There are things at a job that are tough to deal with at times. Annoying co-workers, work that doesn’t always satisfy us and a pain in ass boss are just a few of the annoyances that we face on a day-to-day basis. Despite all that, there are some benefits to having a day job. The
Advice For The Working Entrepreneur
Running a business on the side while working at a day job is a great way to build some true job security and helps you exercise your creativity and passion to the fullest. It’s not easy to pull this off and to do so you have to have high doses of one ingredient, integrity. You may be saying to yourself that integrity is the easy part. Most of us think that we possess a high amount of integrity and in many cases, we do. When it comes to running a business, there is a small margin for error when you are dealing with clients that have paid for your
When Should You Keep Your Day Job?
It feels a little weird for me to be writing about keeping your day job on a blog about small business and entrepreneurship. But I do think there are some scenarios where you can build a business that you own without putting all your chips in the middle so to speak. I care about business owners structuring their business in a way that works for them and the question of when should you keep your day job is important. Everyone has heard or seen the romanticized version of the entrepreneur, the rugged individualist who overcomes all of the odds to build a successful business and becomes a millionaire. He/she
I’m Writing This Post While Watching TV
Ah multitasking. It sounds so sexy and so self important and it has become a way of life for a lot of people. Wait, hold on for just a sec, I need to answer this text…………….OK I’m back. Because of multitasking’s popularity, it has also become one of the biggest problems for personal productivity. The problem is likely to get worse as technology get easier to use and more readily available. Take a look at these stats on multitasking and interruptions: When drivers text, their collison risk is 23 times greater than when not texting. Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, 2009 Organizations lose around $1,250 per user in annual productivity because
Waking Up In the Morning, A Love Story
Morning time can really be a pain in the ass for a lot of people. Each day the challenge of waking up in the morning starts anew with one more bleary eyed tribute to sleeping less. The really damning thing about mornings is how important they really are. In fact, they are often an overlooked piece to being more productive in your life. Today’s productivity tip is all about getting your ass out of bed in the morning. Tell me if this sounds familiar to you. You have a 9:00am job that you go to Monday-Friday. Your morning routine starts with your alarm going off at 7:00am (if you’re a
Daily Morning Tips for Motivation
One of the systems that I use to stay productive is called a “power hour”. This is a daily morning routine that I use to focus on my mind, body and spirit. If you are looking to stay motivated on a daily basis, here are a few tips that you can utilize to make you “power hour” productive. Tip #1 Implement the power hour concept into your life and stay focused on it on a daily basis. Stephen Covey talks about this being his “sharpen the saw” time. Tip #2 Use your morning routine to work on your business. This is a great time to do the important things for
One Thing That You Need To Improve Execution
Achievement and execution are always a hot button issue in our society, we are always asking questions like: How do we get higher level achievers? How do we achieve more professionally? etc etc. Getting better at execution means getting better at one thing and that one thing is setting goals. Part of the reason we haven’t achieved at a higher level collectively, which we are now as a society starting to look, has to do with an archaic look at achievement and where are focus should be. The other reason has to do with the fact that it’s difficult to execute nothing. When you don’t set goals and commit them
Maybe You Should Quit Your Job Pt 2
Every once in a while I read something that reaffirms the reason for writing this blog. This morning was no exception. I enjoy the content at bnet.com including advice for improving the workplace but today I read an article that reaffirms whats wrong with being an employee in the article “7 Signs You’re Creating Your Own Workplace Stress“. The premise of the article is that employees create much of the stress that they encounter in their work day. The 7 signs or issues that employees face are: Not making enough money? Underappreciated, nobody loves you? Your group gets no respect. You have a psycho boss? Too much work, too little
If You Don’t Have Goals, Why Worry about Time Management?
Once you have a set of core values down for yourself. The next piece to your time management platform is to have a goal or plan. I have always wondered why people get so concerned with how they manage their time on a day-to-day basis when typically they have no goals or plan. In the end all that ends up being managed is busy work. When you don’t have a specific plan of intentional action, time management is meaningless. Not too long ago, I ran across a statistic that said that only 5% of people actually have written goals. I was surprised by how low the number was. When I
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