How We Got Here: The Personal Story Behind Focusmate
I was working late on a Sunday evening last summer when Alex’s name came up on my caller ID. My body tensed up.
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Focusmate News – October 2017
Dear Focusmate family, I love and massively appreciate how engaged many of you are in our Facebook group. Building on that, I’m going to start doing monthly-ish updates as a way of engaging in a more structured dialogue with you about what’s happening. Highlights We’ve been approached by professors at NYU and Columbia interested researching
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Building the Writing Habit: 3 Lessons Learned From (Almost) a 30 Days of Writing
Today is day 25 of the first ever 10,000 Word Challenge: an experiment in building the writing habit, with a little mutual support and accountability from the 100+ participants thrown in the mix. For my part, the challenge did not go at all the way I expected.
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Working Too Hard? 3 Reasons Results Don’t Always Follow Effort
If you feel like you’re working too hard, “work smart, not hard” is garbage advice. Listen to Tony Robbins instead.
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Take the 10,000 Word Challenge
I have a lot of writing to do this month, and I love accountability challenges, so, I wanted to invite a few of you to join me in a “10,000 Word Challenge”. The goal of the challenge is simply this: write 10,000 words in the month of September. And you’re invited. If you already know
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How Albert Einstein Solved Tough Problems
Part of Einstein’s genius lay in his technique for solving tough problems. He put his subconscious mind to work using something known as attentional space. You can do the same.
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How Two 11 Year Old Boys Used Accountability to Change Each Other’s Lives
What started as one middle-schooler helping another lose weight turned into a lifelong accountability partnership and $700,000 raised to fight cancer.
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So You Never Finish Anything? Take This Advice from Seth Godin
Are you a chronic “starter”? Does it feel like you never finish anything? Learn how to escape this common form of procrastination purgatory.
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Feeling Overwhelmed? The Science of Being Too Busy
Another day is winding down. You look at your to do list and … sigh. Where has the time gone? Calls and meetings. Endless fires to put out. And there’s always someone else who needs you — your staff, your customers, your spouse, your kids. Sound familiar?
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5 New Rules of Professional Email Etiquette
Last week I fell prey to the classic email etiquette fail: the “awkward email intro without a clear purpose”.
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