Unless you bill by the hour…time is a horrible metric to success and productivity. Please stop measuring your production in hours worked. People brag about hours worked as if it is something to be proud of. I remember reading about General Powell speaking about time spent on work, in the book Leadership Secrets of Colin
ou’ve heard it all before. I’m not giving you some groundbreaking, innovative idea here. What I want to share with you though, is that it’s true. What you focus on increases. This is the first blog that I’ve posted here on ProductivityJunkies.com in over a week. I’ve been giving my focus and attention to my
When I was 13 years-old, during my Freshman year of High School, I decided to run indoor track. I wanted to do something that would get me in better shape for baseball season in the Spring. Indoor track was what all the other athletes did, so I figured I would give it a shot. On
I talk to a lot of real estate professionals all around the country about technology. This means that I get a lot of questions. One question that I hear over an over again is, “well, do you have any examples of ‘thing X’ actually working for someone?” I think this question misses the point entirely,
I’m excited. I honestly am. While today marks the end of one era for me, it also signals the beginning of some really exciting things. For the last few weeks, I’ve been in limbo. During that time, I’ve spent quite a bit of time thinking about where I’ve been, where I’m at, and where I’m
It took much more than paint and brushes. . When it comes to technology, it seems that the only thing that everyone wants to talk about are the “tools.” We hear all the time how all of these technologies, be they social media or otherwise, are just “tools.” Heck, I know that I have even
I read a lot. I haven’t read a fiction book in a long time, but I still read a lot of non-fiction, especially business books. Recently, I read Ignore Everybody, by well-known marketer/blogger Hugh MacLeod (you can order it here). I first came across Hugh’s work when I first started blogging. He has an awesome
Association executives face challenges that just don’t exist for the individual who uses social media. They have to consider the wants and needs of an entire group of individuals. They have to consider who will manage the social media efforts, and include input from many people. It can be tough, but it can be done
I’ve started sending out invites to folks for my seminar on social media for community organizations later this month. Almost immediately, I received a response from someone who asked the question, “Would you please define social media so that we’re on the same page?” DUH! I totally overlooked the fact that for many of the people I
When started to get involved in social media, I did it mainly as a way of enriching my real estate business. The more involved I got, the more I learned that social media has all sorts of valuable benefits for every industry and every group of people. The more I got involved with social media,