You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for. Ted Turner. There’s a problem with “reaching for the stars” that self-help brokers won’t tell you. Beyond the star you’re reaching for, there’s always another star. It’s not that goals are bad. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi noted that having a clear goal…
In my earlier post I mentioned that I recently took a personal productivity retreat, inspired by a podcast featuring Mike Schimitz. One of the things Mike talked about was organizing his time around a “12 week year.” This idea immediately clicked with me. A year is a timeframe that I use to view my accomplishments…
Last weekend I took some time away from my to-do list to contemplate a series of questions that had the potential to rock my world. I learned about the “Three Questions Spirit Quest” on a recent episode of the Free Agents podcast with David Sparks and Mike Schmitz. Mike shared how he periodically clears his…
