On today's episode, I show you how to run your life from the back of an index card. (Yes, really.) You'll learn how to hone in on your mission for the day, how to bring your best to the people around you, and how to create unique and powerful value for your clients and organization by spending five minutes in preparation each morning.
Have you ever felt anxious about your job, but you don’t know why? Everything is going well, or at least according to plan, and there is nothing obvious that should be causing anxiety. Yet, when bedtime rolls around, you struggle to get to sleep, and you have a perpetual sense that you’re falling behind.
Falling behind? Behind what?
On today's episode, I share three ways in which you might be unknowingly keeping "score", and how they can affect your engagement, your collaboration, and your overall drive at work.
Ever feel disconnected from your work, or wonder if you're making the right choices in your career and life? In today's episode we share a simple framework for identifying activities in your life and work that will make a difference, and how to navigate closer to your "sweet spot".
If you want to succeed in life and work, it's about more than talent and drive. You also need to cultivate the relational skills necessary to get your work into the world and attract allies for your cause. Today's guest Jordan Harbinger is the co-founder of The Art Of Charm and the host of the podcast by the same name. He's going to share with us how we can develop the relational skills necessary to succeed.
What you choose to do in that brief moment between what you experience and how you respond determines everything in your life and work. Today's guest, Peter Bregman, is going to help us learn how to respond more effectively with insights from his latest book Four Seconds.
Author Ryan Holiday is back to share insights from his new book Ego Is The Enemy. He'll tell you how to avoid letting your ego derail you as you're building your career, when you've failed, or when you're on the verge of your greatest success.
Have you ever wondered if there is work that you are perfectly wired to do? Maybe even work that would make you say "I was born for this"? Today's guest, Chris Guillebeau, has just written a book that explores these issues, and on this episode he shares some practical advice for navigating toward work that is more perfectly suited to who you are what you're wired to do.
Want to know how to become as productive as all of those business celebrities you read about in the tips and tricks articles? Discover what’s worth working for, and then spend yourself on it.
It’s noisy. Not physically noisy, but culturally noisy.
Everyone is clamoring for attention, and clanging their gongs trying to win a few seconds of your precious time. Clickbait, shock tactics, and distractions are so commonplace that they are now used even by previously “credible” institutions. It’s tempting to follow suit and fall into these tactics with your own work. Don't do it.
We all want our work to impact the world. But how do you make your work resonate deeply with your intended audience? Today, I share the six markers of resonance from my new book Louder Than Words.
You can't afford to put the fate of your work into someone else's hands. Fight for it and be tenacious. No matter how great the trainer, every boxer has to step into the ring alone.
There are times when it’s wise to settle for the most reasonable answer, but don’t allow the daily grind to lull you into mediocrity.
When you are younger, it’s possible to be successful because you are smarter, more talented, or more of a hustler than your peers. However, as you grow older, you begin to see patterns that you might have overlooked before simply because you didn’t have as much data. Knowledge can be bought, but wisdom is always earned.
Jeff Goins is the author of a brand new book called The Art of Work. In this interview he shares what he learned in writing his book through the stories of others, and some advice for how each of us can step into our calling.
How can leaders inspire a culture of meaning? Today's guest, Scott Mautz, runs a $3 Billion business and is the author of the new book Make It Matter. He shares some of the battle-tested strategies he's used to build strong teams and strong results.
Your best work results from a deep understanding of who you're creating for. You have to define your intended audience.
As 2015 approaches, here are seven key questions you can ask to help you have your best and most productive year yet.
Pamela Slim shares insights from her new book Body of Work: Finding The Thread That Ties Your Story Together.
For creative pros - those charged with turning our thoughts into value every day - the promise of a quick path to successful work is alluring. If there were proven ways to avoid the uncertainty and pain of the process, they would be worth their weight in gold. Unfortunately, they don't exist. Not really, anyway.
To do brilliant work you need to identify your through-line, or the connective theme that ties all of your best work together. What's yours?