How To Have A Better Weekend

Before you call it a weekend, tie up a loose end. Or grab the scissors and cut it off. Fix something that needs fixed. That monotonous little project that you’ve been pushing back from one day to the next on your to-do list for days/weeks/months? Do it. You know which one I’m talking about. Give [...]

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Schedule The Day’s Big Three

Yesterday, I wrote about starting to actually (some would say finally) put my to-do’s on my calendar. That might appear overwhelming and constrained. What if you have 28 things to do today? You’d spend two hours trying to cram it all on your calendar. How can we make things more manageable? I took this advice [...]

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Stop Spanking The Hourglass

It’s not you. It’s me. I have no doubt this will sound silly to you. After all, you’re not only good-looking, but smart and resourceful as well. And then there’s me. After finishing another day of being completely busy but getting little done on my actual to-do list, it occurred to me (after 40 years). [...]

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The Boy Made Me A Video Present

I turned 40 yesterday. Last night, my son handed me a flash drive for my birthday. He (with help from his therapist and pretty much our favorite person in the world, Nadia) made this video while I had been out of town for the better part of two weeks. “It was totally his idea, and [...]

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A Rising Tide

A rising tide lifts all boats? Really? No. I disagree. In this day and age, some - maybe a lot - of ships are gonna sink. Sorry to say, but some of those ships probably need to sink. How high’s the water, mama?

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Be Like Mike: Managing Your Email Inbox

Yesterday, my partner Michael Drew (the entrepreneurial genius behind Promote-A-Book and several other successful adventures) emailed me a congratulations for something that had gone well. When I emailed him a quick reply of thanks, this immediately came back. Genius. It immediately sets up my expectations without sounding off-putting. Well played, Michael. I’m a big fan of [...]

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Hanover, Indiana

Well, they’ve got to pick some place to take the Fall pictures for calendars. My guess is they choose Hanover College on the banks of the Ohio River. This is the view from the college President’s front yard. I had a chance to speak yesterday to some amazing not-for-profit organizations at the inaugural Regional Governor’s [...]

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Next Time You’re Traveling

Next time you’re traveling, and you want to get out of your room to get some work done, blow past Starbucks and head to the concierge, bell desk or front desk, and ask if there’s a local coffee shop or Starbucksian alternative where you could work for a couple hours. Support a local business (it [...]

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The Civic Lessons: A Keynote Sneak Preview

Hope all is well. I’m on the road to speak a couple times this week. I’m writing from the simply beautiful Hanover College on the banks of the Ohio River in Indiana. Then, I’ll head over to Springfield, Illinois to speak to about a thousand volunteers on Thursday. (All that just to set up this [...]

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What’s the Danish term for “GAHHHH!!!”?

I am to be unhappy with this website. In a hotel room in Austin, Texas, with your usual bah-humbug speed wireless internet. (Why does spellcheck want me to capitalize ‘internet’?) I’m in early-stage shopping for a new office desk. I have a reasonable budget for this desk as it’s where I’ll make my family’s living [...]

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