The following talks are currently available. These programs can be reduced or expanded to achieve the goals of the event. They can be short and inspirational (30 minutes) or intense and transformational (1-4 days). All programs are interactive. Those who attend will test drive the tactics on their own real-life issues.
Self-critical thoughts get a bad rap. You should neither reject self-critical thoughts nor treat them as revealed truths. Instead, treat them like crazy ideas from a brainstorming session. They, too, are products of your current knowledge, values, and skill. Used...
Creating a Rationally Positive Attitude Overview When you're discouraged, it's important to maintain an optimistic, constructive, benevolent mindset. You do this by staying focused on values. Such a mindset can be based entirely on the facts of the real world around...
The Prioritization Challenge Overview Know the Time Scale to Shift I've read a lot of books on productivity and time management, but I've never seen any of them make this point: if you want to shift how you spend your time, you first need to figure out the time scale...
Exercise: Positive reinforcement Background It happens to everyone. You decide that "this is the thing I should do right now," but you hesitate to act. You aren't actually motivated to get started. Maybe you feel like it will be too hard. Or maybe your mind is still...
Exercise: Motivating Unpleasant and Boring Tasks Background It's a dirty job, and you're the someone who has to do it. Maybe you have a boring administrative task on your plate. Or maybe you have a difficult conversation scheduled with your co-worker. Long-term, you...
Multiply the Power of Thought What determines your productivity on a day-to-day basis? The effectiveness of your thinking. The more effective your thinking: The easier it is to get your mind in gear to solve the problem at hand The better you can keep your head when...
If you've followed my work, you know I'm an advocate of "Thinking on Paper." You can watch this 3-minute video explaining "thinking on paper, or read a short write-up on it here. People often ask when they should use "thinking on paper" to speed up their thinking....
Flailing is my word for a particular pattern of unproductive effort: you try, and try, and try — harder, and harder, and harder — and you still don't achieve your goal. Some people call this hitting your head against the wall. It sure feels like it when you're...
How Brainstorming Works Background Brainstorming means systematically generating a large number of candidate ideas for some purpose, usually to solve a problem. Brainstorming works because one idea triggers another. A "bad" idea, when considered seriously without...
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