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life as a series of sprints

For Better Results, Treat your Life Like a Series of Sprints

The problem with thinking of life as a marathon is that we’re literally running to our deathbeds. I’m just trying to get to next week. A better life metaphor is a series of sprints.

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Tracking my way to the finish

How Tracking Powered My 635-Mile Race to the Finish

My 635-mile virtual race was on life support. Three months of effort and 415 miles run. Could better tracking save the day?

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Use Monthly Planning To Hit The Right Targets

Use Monthly Planning to Hit the Right Targets

While my weekly review keeps me afloat week to week; monthly planning ensures I’m aiming toward the right priorities.

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Collaborate for Better Results

Collaborate for Better Results

Everything changed in a single, fortuitous meeting. Two colleagues needed help so I offered a short lesson. With a 15-second outline…

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Give it a Rest

Take God’s Advice, Give it a Rest

Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. – Genesis 2:3

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Morning Pages unlock your creativity.

Morning Pages will Unlock Your Writing Powers

In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron explains that morning pages are “three pages of longhand writing, strictly stream-of-consciousness…

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Walking for the Win

Walking: The Key to Everyday Progress

How much of our lives are spent running?

While running and hard sprints get all the glory, success is often found elsewhere.

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Ease the Way with a Weekly Review

Ease the Way with a Weekly Review

My most important system day-to-day is my weekly review. The purpose, explicitly written on my checklist, is “capturing new tasks and knowledge to prepare for and excel in the week ahead.”

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Systems create leverage.

Use Systems to Create Leverage

Systems create leverage. A well-designed system redirects time and energy towards more meaningful purposes. Things that matter. Could you use more time?

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monthly-theme-lose-yourself

Lose Yourself (My Monthly Theme)

My theme for August is Lose Yourself:

I need to commit completely to the things that matter, a level far beyond anything else I’ve done this year. I’m going to break through barriers. It’s going to require sacrifices…

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