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Think about a top priority in your life right now. A health habit you keep restarting. A relationship you keep saying matters. A project that stays at the top of the list and never gets the dedicated time. You know what it is. You've probably known for months. And you...

Are You Solving the Real Problem or the Visible One? A few months ago, I was in Atlanta going through TSA. Long line. Really long. The checkpoint was short-staffed, and anyone could see it. What I also noticed: they'd brought in ICE agents to manage the line. Agents...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/43TsSSBTQpwr30Ih3pv0vA?si=e33e4f1d60ca4a37 You know what your priorities are. You've probably said them out loud, maybe even written them down. Maybe they're on a whiteboard, in your planner, in your project management system. You...

I've been working remotely since 2002. At one point, I managed a team of up to 18 people globally. I had a manager I worked with for six years, and didn't meet in person until year five, but we still managed to stay connected remotely. Remote work done well isn't...

Remote employees are less likely to get promoted than their in-office peers. Not because they're less capable. Because they're less visible. And when visibility is the gap, better remote one-on-one questions are one of the most powerful tools a leader has to close it....

Deep focus at work doesn't happen because you decided to concentrate harder. It happens because you set the right conditions. Your environment, your mindset, and your energy level all either support focused work or work against it. Understanding which levers to pull...

Being responsive isn't the same as being reactive. Most people know this intellectually and ignore it in practice. Every time you treat your inbox or your Teams like a live chat with no acceptable delay, you're not demonstrating availability. You're training your...

Notifications aren't on to help you be more productive. They're on to get you to use that tool more. Every alert triggers a dopamine response; your brain starts to like it, and the cycle continues. The default settings on your phone, watch, and laptop were not...