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Prioritization

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/// 1. The act of setting goals and assigning an order to the actions that must be taken to achieve them /// 2. The process of prioritizing assumes that you are setting aside time for demands (e.g. unexpected client requests, administrative activities, etc.) that do not move you toward your goals, but must be done.

Are You Ambitious Enough?

You don’t have to become a backstabbing monster to achieve success, but you do need to admit your ambition – if only to yourself.

Finish Your Masterpiece with Deliberate Goal Planning

To achieve great things, start by clarifying your end game. A look at how to finish creative projects, with examples from Michelangelo to the Beatles.

The Key to Creating Remarkable Things

What is the one simple change you can make to vastly improve your creative output? It starts with aligning your focus with your real priorities…

10 Laws of Productivity

Every idea is different. But when it comes to successful idea execution, patterns quickly emerge. Read on for 10 ways to amp your productivity...

Worry Only About the Problems in Your Circle of Influence

Stop spinning your wheels. By concentrating only on the stuff that you can  influence directly, setting priorities and making progress becomes simpler…

Treat Your Meetings to a Little QA

What is it about gathering a group of employees that sends otherwise well-oiled machines into epic failure mode? We seek a better way to organize meetings…

Reclaim Focus, One Day at a Time

To overcome “reactionary workflow,” we experiment with how to build laser-like task focus, day by day.

Reduce Your Level of Insecurity Work

It's easy to fall into a pattern of incessantly checking business-related stats to soothe our anxieties. But how much data tracking is too much?

Send Ideas to the Graveyard

Most ideas are like bad relationships: you know you have to move on but the idea of letting go seems too unbearable to handle.

Urgent vs. Important

How do we move forward in the short-term while still honoring long-term vision? Learning to be mindful of urgent vs important items is the first step.

Laying Your Energy Line

Energy Lines are a simple way to prioritize and use design to guide creative energy when you're juggling multiple projects.