For me, 2010 marked a year of radical changes in the way I do business. It was in many ways a year of rebirth, learning and growing. While the learning and growing will continue in 2011, it will also be a year of solidifying positions established in 2010. In 2010, I developed an over-arching … [Read more...]
Nothing just happens
Here's a short list of things I don't do by accident. Get on and off airplanes as much as I do. Publish a blog post here each day and sometimes is other places as well. Seek out speaking engagements. Go to bed early so I can wake early and do important work when my mind is sharpest. Read … [Read more...]
Write it down and watch it happen
How often do you take an hour or so and convert all your projects into a larger written plan? While I don't have a set interval, looking back through my Moleskine notebooks I write it all down about four times a year. For me this is more than a writing goals exercise. It's a visualization of how … [Read more...]
What's your post BlogWorld plan?
As I write this I'm flying home from Las Vegas where I attended BlogWorld and SGIA over the last several days. I took my own advice and slept more than I usually do during a show. So, my head is clear and I'm thinking takeaways and immediate action items. Here's some stream of consciousness thinking … [Read more...]
Flying by the seat of your pants
Excessive planning often results in not enough of your work being shipped. Flying by the seat of your pants is the other extreme where you deliver work that may not be your best effort or well thought out. Neither extreme is in and of itself bad. The trick is to understand where on the continuum you … [Read more...]
The harder you work, the more free you become
Ever felt stalled because the project you are working on just seems stuck? Try finding other work to do so you can set the project aside temporarily. By not walking away from work entirely, more work gets done. Then, when inspiration for the big project hits, some of the mundane/boring work has … [Read more...]
The idea box idea
After reading Mitch Joel's The Internet Is Your Media Lab, in the comments I shared an idea to add a simple "tip box" to my blog. Your blog after all, is your media lab, right? Racing down the rabbit hole The next thing I know I'm spending a few hours on a rainy Saturday morning figuring out how to … [Read more...]
Owning Your Future Time
Planning your work and powering through it when you don't feel like it will lead to owning your future time. How do I know this? Because today, I stuck to my plan all day and now at a few minutes after 5pm I'm doing what I want to do - writing this post. Proven productivity first. Pick the tasks … [Read more...]
Planning Pays Big Dividends
I've managed to get to the point where I am writing my blog posts about a week ahead. All it took was a little planning and now that effort is beginning to pay big dividends. It's not just me. The quest to get ahead began when I read Chris Brogan's With Just A Little Planning. I'll still write … [Read more...]
Planning the Social Media Way
Planning sales "events" with social media while similar to the traditional sales model is not the same. During the #unGeeked conference last week I got a glimpse of the HubSpot social media sales funnel. Sales will always be about the funnel. What changes is how the funnel gets filled and in my … [Read more...]