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Mastering the Rule of 3 for Work and Life
“Good things happen when you set your priorities straight.” — Scott Caan If you really want to master your productivity, then master the Rule of 3. The Rule of 3 is a way to simplify and cluster your activity into 3 meaningful outcomes, results, or achievements. When you use the Rule of 3, you’re effectively …
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How To Use 3 Wins to Generate Better Energy for Better Results
“If you want something stuck in someone’s head, put it in a sequence of three.” — Brian Clark You can use my 3 Wins approach to generate better energy for better results. 3 Wins works like a champ. It’s kid tested and mother approved. And I’ve used it to make it through the worst days …
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How To Use Agile Results to Build Empathy for Your Future Self
“Life is a sum of all your choices. So what are you doing today?” — Albert Camus The skill of visualizing your Future Self might just be the best skill you can develop as the director of your life to grow yourself in the direction of your dreams. After all, we’re really the sum of …
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Cheat Sheet–The Knowledge Model for Agile Results
Here is a Cheat Sheet of the Model for Agile Results that you can use to go deeper into the productivity knowledge that Agile Results is based on. One of the challenges in learning any space is understanding the core knowledge and cornerstone concepts behind it. Behind the Agile Results productivity system, is a deep …
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Understand Your Strengths Through Productivity Personas
“My goal is no longer to get more done, but rather to have less to do.” — Francine Jay What kind of Productivity Persona are you? By knowing your Productivity Persona you can learn how to better adapt your productivity approach for the situation or challenges at hand. You can also use your Productivity Persona …
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Modern Productivity is More Human, More Sustainable, and More Social
“Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.” — Franz Kafka What is modern productivity? Or, maybe a better way to put it is, what should modern productivity really be about? As I’ve been doing more talks for teams around Microsoft on the Agile Results productivity system, I’ve …
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Why Master Productivity?
“My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day.” — Richard Branson Productivity is one of the best games to master in this lifetime. If you can master your productivity, then you win the game of work and life. I don’t think of productivity as getting more things done. I think …
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How To Teach Students Better Productivity with Agile Results
“Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students.” — Cesar Chavez Student success depends on productivity skills. Agile Results helps improve student productivity and helps students become more productive. Editors Note: This is a guest post by Tom Cassidy. Tom has been a mover and shaker in …
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Just Start
“Just Do It.” – Nike How do you defeat procrastination and find your motivation? Just start. Just Start is a practice I introduced in my book, Getting Results the Agile Way, because I wanted a simple phrase and a pithy reminder of how to find your motivation and take action. I wanted a very simple …
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The Zen of Zero Inbox: How To Master Your Email Management
“Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is specifically your own.“ – Bruce Lee You too can have a zero email inbox, if you choose to. I chose to go zero mail in my inbox when I first joined Microsoft years ago, and I’m glad I did. With a single glance, I …
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How to Clear Your Inbox
“Email has an ability many channels don’t: creating valuable personal touches–at scale.” — David Newman Today I helped a colleague clear their inbox. I’ve kept a zero mail inbox for a few years. I forgot this wasn’t common practice until a colleague said to me, “wow, your inbox doesn’t scroll.” I didn’t learn the Zen …
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How To Make Your Months More Meaningful
“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.” — Anotole France Now’s a great time to pick your dreams up, blow the dust off, and get ready to make them happen. Your can make this month all about getting results in key areas of your …
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Be Effective, then Efficient
One important Covey lesson one of my mentor’s always points out is, “Be efficient with things, but be effective with people.” I like the distinction. Effective is doing the right things for the right results. Efficient is optimizing. It’s the least waste of time and effort. Before you try to be more efficient, first try …
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Quick Start Guide to Agile Results (Includes Exercises)
“You don’t need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.” — Warren Buffet I was trying to figure out what is the most powerful thing that I could give you that would help you the most with work and life. At the end …
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3 Outcomes for Today
What are 3 great results for today? That’s the question I ask to bootstrap my day. As simple as it sounds, I find it’s the most effective way to cut through the fog each day. There’s a lot of things I can do and there’s lots of activities I’ll be doing, but what are 3 …
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How To Be Strategic with Your Goals
“Study the past, if you would divine the future.” — Confucius I picked up my copy of Being Strategic, by Erika Anderson, and randomly flipped to a page in the book. On this page, was a simple picture of a castle at the top of the hill. At the bottom of the hill was an …
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How To Find Your Eye of the Tiger
“With confidence, you have won before you have started.” —Marcus Garvey If you’ve ever seen the movie Rocky, you know what the eye of the tiger is all about. You get knocked down … but you get up again … and nobody is going to keep you down. That’s the eye of the tiger in …
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The Exponential Results Formula for Super Success
“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.”— George Burns When I originally wrote this, I named it wrong. I thought it was The Way of Success (Well, it is, but I can be more specific now.) I realized what …
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Focus on the Wildly Important
“Action expresses priorities”. — Mahatma Gandhi Why is it that some people spend a lot of time, a lot of energy, but never produce any significant results? Meanwhile, other people have a knack for getting the right things done, building momentum, and changing their game? What makes the difference between those that get results and …
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How To Achieve Any Goal and Guarantee Your Ultimate Success
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” — Henry Ford What’s holding you back from achieving your greatest goals? That’s actually a great place to start. You can use what’s holding you back as a way to plot out your path and find your way forward. Your …