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Archive for Productivity

How to Avoid 3 Pitfalls of Goal-Setting

Goals Can Backfire, But Not if You Know How to Use Them

December 9, 2016 by Michael Hyatt

I’ve been an advocate of goal-setting for decades. Most successful people I know are. They set big goals and recommend others do as well. But some people are more doubtful. They point to significant goal-related disasters and suggest goals can backfire. In 2002, for instance, General Motors determined to boost its share of the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Personal Development, Productivity Tagged With: Goal Setting, goals, New Year's Resolutions, Productivity, Resolutions

Why You Should Never Start With Your Most Difficult Task

(And What You Should Do Instead)

November 9, 2016 by Michael Hyatt

Years ago, I heard a motivational speaker encourage his audience to “eat that frog.” The line has a long history. And it makes sense: Stop procrastinating and just do the thing you fear. Once you do that, everything else is easy. While that may be helpful in overcoming procrastination, it’s exactly backwards for big goals […]

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: difficult tasks, Momentum, Productivity, Success, tasks, Time Management

10 Research-Backed Ways to Create the Breakthrough You Need

Including One Trick that Works Especially Well for Introverts

November 7, 2016 by Michael Hyatt

Leadership and entrepreneurial breakthroughs depend on creativity. But we don’t always feel very creative, do we? Thankfully, research suggests we all have access to the kind of creativity we need to get the results we want—even if you don’t feel especially creative. Last week I went fly fishing on Hesse Creek in East Tennessee. Nothing […]

Filed Under: Personal Development, Productivity Tagged With: breakthrough, creativity, Productivity, relaxation, Sleep

3 Ways Email Can Sabotage Your Leadership

When to Use It—and When to Avoid It Like the Plague

October 31, 2016 by Michael Hyatt

When I was the CEO at Thomas Nelson, one of our authors was frustrated. In response to a disappointing sales report, he fired off a blistering email to one of our divisional leaders. He complained about poor results. He criticized the sales strategy and our failure to execute. Worse, he challenged the leader’s intelligence, competence, […]

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: Communication, email, Leadership, Productivity

Why It Pays to Invest in Greater Productivity

How to Flip Your Tasks to Accomplish More of What Creates Wealth and Drives Revenue

September 21, 2016 by Michael Hyatt

We all have things we do really well. In our businesses, these are usually the tasks that drive revenue. But if you’re like most entrepreneurs and executives, you probably only spend 20 percent of your time on these tasks. The rest goes to solving other people’s problems, wading through oceans of email, attending inefficient meetings, […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Productivity Tagged With: income, investment, Productivity, roi, Success, Time Management

True Confessions of a Productivity Geek

Why I Deconstructed My Process and What it Means for You

September 19, 2016 by Michael Hyatt

I’ve been a serious student of productivity for a couple decades now. As the primary income earner in a family of seven, I had to be. When I first started in business, I lived in a constant state of feeling overwhelmed. Work took my best, and I struggled to find time for my family and […]

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: Focus, geek, getting things done, gtd, productive, Productivity, Success, Time Management

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