Probably not. Habits die hard. When I talk about 40 hours being plenty of time to get great work done, I’ll often get pushback from people starting new businesses. “40 hours may be fine when you’ve been in business for 10 years, but when you’re starting[…]
Category: time-management
Give 40, Take 0
A manager’s job is to protect their team’s time and attention. Companies love to protect. They protect their brand with trademarks, their data and trade secrets with rules and policies, and their money with budgets, CFOs, and investments. Companies protect a lot of things, yet[…]
What’s the best use of a leader’s time?
I asked this to 700+ managers, founders and executives from all over the world. Here’s what they said. Time is the one constant we are all given. No one gets more or less of it than anyone else. As leaders, it’s how we spend our time — what we[…]
What’s an hour?
When 15 + 15 + 15 + 15 does not equal 60 Remember the first time someone asked you what’s heavier — a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? You probably fell for it. I sure did. A pound is a pound! Duh! But the same thing doesn’t[…]
What my calendar looks like
Free, clear, and calm Whenever I’m at a coffee shop, and I walk by people with their laptops open to their calendar, I’ll often see something like this: via Google Images Or this… via Google Images Or a game of calendar Tetris like this… via Google Images What?? I can’t identify[…]
Mind the gap
How to spend your time when there’s nothing left to do? This morning something happened that reminded me of an important lesson re: time well spent. Three of us are working on an illustration project for our forthcoming book, “It Doesn’t Have to be Crazy at Work”.[…]
Wait, other people can take your time?
My calendar to start the year If your time is for the taking, you’re working at a crazy company. A few weeks ago I shared what my calendar looked like. It struck a nerve. Tons of talk around it. And then a few days later we hosted a[…]
“Whatever it takes”
How often have you heard that one? “Whatever it takes”. It’s an iceberg. Steer clear. What starts out as an innocent turn of words, is actually a veiled attack on reasonable expectations. And when expectations aren’t reasonable, all bets are off. And when all bets are off,[…]