Month: April 2013
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Permission To “Slap The Boss”
We talk a lot about Free Days — time you spend completely away from work so you can live your life and come back to work refreshed and rejuvenated. But another key part of The Entrepreneurial Time System is the Focus Day, a day in which you concentrate on your most promising ideas, opportunities, and…
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Going once … going twice … SOLD!
OK, entrepreneurs … picture this: During your commute home from work, you have an AMAZING new breakthrough idea. The next day, you come buzzing into the office and excitedly start delegating (ahem, exploding) action items to your team. Their reactions: blank stares, silence, and a general lack of enthusiasm. Your reaction: frustration, annoyance, and a…
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Delegation Do’s And Don’ts
Delegation is a great way to multiply your capabilities, so here are our top do’s and don’ts for sharing responsibilities with your team. Illustration by Hamish MacDonald.
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Shannon Waller’s Recommended Reading List 2013
Our teamwork expert, Shannon Waller, is also one of the most voracious readers we’ve ever met! Here are her top 10 book recommendations, full of strategies for giving everyone in your organization a personally meaningful reason to show up fully at work and achieving great things while they’re there — for you and for themselves. Peak:…
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10x Is Easier Than 2x
Dan Sullivan’s advice for entrepreneurs is to aim for a 10x bigger future. When you set your sights on the goal of a 10x bigger future, something immediately happens to: your thinking your innovation your decision-making your communication your action Incremental goals like 2x, he says, simply don’t engage people the same way intellectually or…