Your Best Just Got Better

Time is often looked at as the problem. As you go about improving your productivity, focus on three important question words: who, what, and when.

Tomorrow is coming...quickly. Now, how do you step in to that new day? Here are three ways the future changes; and, three things you can do about it. How can you make your future better?

When it's time to make your best even better, start right where you are. Right here, right now, make a list of attributes of what "Better" means to you. Wanna take this to a next level? Tell a mentor, and ask them to help you get there!

What are the questions you ask, to see if you've achieved work/life balance? When it comes to making your best better, it's important to start with the basics.

When it comes to making your best even better, there are two things to advertise that go a long way in getting you there...faster, and with fewer resources. Let people around you know where you need to be, and start collecting the information you need to get there.

When it comes to making your best better, you're probably wondering where you start improving? Start with the areas that you're already interested in, already good at, and grow from there. Here are two reasons to get better...at what you're already good at!

Ever felt the need to change the way you're doing things? Here's an idea, just start doing a little part of what you'd like to be doing... I know it's a small start, but sometimes that's all it takes to get going!

If there were "secrets" that the most productive people knew about getting things done, and enjoying a positive Work/Life balance...when would YOU want to know? In less than 6 minutes, here are a couple of the keys to a more productive morning.

What's the perspective you hold when it comes to setting a new direction or thinking of new goals? Here are the THREE questions to ask yourself when it comes to thinking bigger.

How you manage your attention says a lot about what you get done. If you want to get MORE of the right things done next week, watch how you communicate. There are three ways we all "talk" to each other. Here you go!

Lift yourself from where you are now to where you want to be. One major part of this is asking yourself the right questions. Listen in to learn about the questions…and the answers.

It isn't something you just do once any more. Now a days, we're always graduating. And, there are four things that will make it easier for you to grow into that next level of you: How you set up your ecosystem; what you decide to focus on; when you have energy during the day to do your most important work; and how you view that all-too-limited resource: time.

When it comes to creating new habits, it helps to start small; and, that's what the five-day experiment is all about! By looking at two sides of the change equation - identifying by the WHAT and the HOW - you'll be able to practice action action over the next 5 days, and perhaps even find something new that will help put that new routine on cruise control.

It's a series of activities over time that get us from where we are, to where we want to be. As you move forward in making your best a little bit better, recognize how you're engaging in three things that come together to influence your focus and your action: Mimicry (who can you copy?), Activity (what can you do this week or today?), and Consistency (where can you establish new routines for success?).

It's easy to ask yourself the questions you are comfortable hearing. How about new questions? Make a deal with a coach or a mentor or a friend. Show them what you're working on (your projects list and calendar) and what you're doing (your current task list) and ask them to ask you questions that make you focus on the MITs - the Most Important Things.

It's gonna happen: Failure. Or, what seems like failure. A couple of things here: (1) not achieving a goal may not ALWAYS mean you failed, and (2) there are more effective ways to get up and move forward. Chapter 4 of Your Best Just Got Better is all about the process of focusing your way to success. Listen in for two ideas on how to get going again.

Practice does not necessarily make perfect. And, before you physically start a new habit or routine, there is just 15 minutes of thinking that you need to do over a week to enhance that habit-to-be, and get the most from the effort it is going to take to make a change. 15 minutes this week; that's less than 1% of one day. Take the time, start today.

It's true, if you want to get something done, give it to a busy person. But, if YOU'RE that busy person, how do you know that what you're doing is the most important thing? Here are some ideas on how you can build your vision, and achieve your dreams.

Have you ever felt like you were "spread too thin?" Is it true that you have too much to do? It is time now to Focus on Fewer. That's right, this is the podcast where I encourage you to think big and deep about some of your MITs - those Most Important Things. By taking a look at ALL you have to do, you'll be able to figure out how to give your ALL to what you decide to do.

Your Most Important Things are the roles and goals - the nouns of your work and life - that you've committed to. And, in reading this book, Your Best Just Got Better, you're going to take initiative to improve on several of those at once. Here are some ideas you can use right away to keep the momentum going.