As a high achiever, you have the ability to laser focus and put out huge productivity. But it can seem like your life has no boundaries. Good habits slip away and unproductive ones take their place.
Archive for Productivity
Why Vision Is More Important Than Strategy
Vision and strategy are both important. But there is a priority to them. Vision always comes first. Always. If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy.
5 Steps to a Clutter-Free Workspace
(And Why You Need to Put Them into Action Now)
A lot of productive people operate in disorganized workspaces. The problem is that they’re not as productive as they could be. The hidden culprit stealing their focus is clutter. When I moved into my new office a while back, I was in the middle of a massive video shoot. Time was tight, and I just […]
Bonus Episode: Start Using Your New Planner Now!
As a high-performing leader, we know you love using productivity products like the Full Focus Planner™. But any new system can seem overwhelming at first. Honestly, our planner can seem that way at first. With so many features built in, it’s hard to know where to start. You may wonder if you’re actually getting the […]
Bonus Episode: Free Chapter from Free to Focus
We’re so excited that Michael’s new book is coming out on Tuesday! It’s called Free To Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less and today you’re getting to listen to the first chapter here on this bonus episode of Lead to Win.
My Must-Have Apps for Productivity
To be productive in a digital environment, you’ve got to have good digital tools. Michael Hyatt rates and reviews his top 10 tech tools to increase productivity.
How to Conquer a Chaotic Calendar
3 Steps to Protect Time for Your Biggest Priorities
As leaders—especially leaders who have busy families—the calendar can spiral out of control very quickly. It doesn’t take long before you’re dropping important personal or family events. As a top executive and mother of four, Meg has mastered the art of taming a chaotic calendar. In this episode, captured live at the Achieve Conference, she […]
Stop Busywork Now!
Now's the Time to Stop Wasting Time
You already know that busywork does nothing more than create the perception that people are working harder than they really are. In fact, 65 percent of your colleagues surveyed by Havas Worldwide felt that people were simply pretending to be busy. Nor does busywork make you or your company more productive. What you get instead […]
Meetings Gone Wildly Wrong
How to Recognize and Prevent Fake Meetings
Timothy Wiedman was once a top regional manager for a national retail photofinishing company. He worked hard. Thanks to the company’s “use it or lose it” vacation policy, he made sure to play hard as well. Wiedman’s only requirements before jetting off to some faraway locale? Delegate critical tasks to subordinates, make his boss aware […]
How to Lead Remote Workers
4 Imperatives to Help You Embrace the Shift
The long-running debate on the value of working remotely has been rendered moot, at least for now, by the coronavirus. Pundits and consultants have debated whether it’s good or bad for productivity and morale. Regardless, the need to have teams work from home has been thrust upon many businesses by the current health crisis. The […]
Fake Work and How to Avoid It
We begin each day with the best of intentions. But we often go to bed at night wondering exactly what we’ve accomplished. The problem? An endless stream of busy work invades our schedule and keeps us from doing the things that really matter. In this episode, you’ll learn the three simple steps for eliminating fake […]
When Goals Don’t Cut It, Focus on Obstacles
Becoming the Right Kind of Person to Succeed
Emily wanted to work in marketing. She was young and had no experience. She’d skipped college and used a portfolio of work and a Praxis apprenticeship to win a spot on the Customer Success team of a growing startup. But her goal was still marketing. She aimed right at it and started asking people in […]