A guide to accomplishing long-term objectives while learning about yourself along the way! This is Part 2 of a series of about creating and accomplishing goals. Part 1 is titled: Move over SMART goals, TIME goals are the improved key to success! The TIME-entific Method is a process anyone can…

A quick, simple activity to make more time for what you care about by spending less time on what you don’t — Spend time doing what matters most to you; a simple, empowering guideline we all want to follow yet struggle to accomplish. Who hasn’t looked back at some point and thought “I should have spent more time doing X”? Introducing Time Sorting, a simple yet powerful exercise that forces us to…

If someone compliments you, fight the urge to compliment them back. “I just wanted to say how much I like your shoes, they look great!” Boom, it happened. Someone just complimented us. The problem is we’ve now entered those dreaded seconds after someone says something nice to us. What do…

Avoiding the most common cause of large, lousy meetings: trying to solve a problem with more than five people in the room We’ve all been in a large team meeting where — within 10 minutes — we can tell that this conversation is not going to get anywhere productive before…

The distinctions between managing, mentoring, and career coaching in the workplace You bring your career coach, your mentor, and your manager with you into a bar. “What can I get you?” the bartender asks. You look to each of your companions for guidance. “We’ve budgeted enough money for each person…

Being Nice is Actually A Little Effed Up — Something sinister is hiding behind our attempts to be nice which must be going unnoticed, considering how often we do it. Over my time as a human being, I’ve noticed some slightly disturbing aspects around the concept of “being nice”. 1. Being Nice Is Disingenuous Being nice means hiding our true feelings solely for our…

A guide to making progress towards the things you care about and learning about yourself as you go This is Part 1 of a series of about creating and accomplishing goals. Check out Part 2: The TIME-entific Method: A New System for Accomplishing Your Long-Term Goals Creating goals can be…