I’m in the middle of the tenth month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s topic is focus. I’ll share some personal updates in the next post, but for now I’d like to share some of my takeaways from this month’s reading. In case you’re interested, here are the previous nine months’ reading: The 3-Minute […]
Focusing on Your Strengths Isn’t Always Good Advice
Here’s the simple rule to explain when you should build on your strengths or fix your weaknesses.
Focus – Day One
Today is the first day of the tenth month of my year-long Foundations project. This month’s theme is focus. Focus is a complement to productivity, the second month, which emphasized creating systems that capture, organize and plan your efforts. But this system-building has an obvious weakness: it doesn’t decide what needs to be done and […]
Connection – Month-End
Reflections on my month-long focus on improving my relationships, including a special conversation with my wife.
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