Our team is committed to “Start Small. Think Big. Go Deep,” so we love learning more about better goal setting for bigger returns. In a recent episode of Freakonomics “Big Returns from Thinking Small,” Owain Service and Rory Gallagher talk about thinking small for big returns.They are proponents of taking your long-term goals and breaking them down into small achievable … [Read more...]
12 Signs of Unhealthy Work Life-Balance
Work-life balance is like the search for El Dorado. We love to talk about it, research it, and search for it, but it ever eludes us. However, this shouldn’t be the case.Often something is unattainable because we make it unattainable. Work-life balance only happens when you make your life a priority and when you can honestly assess your mental, physical, spiritual, and work … [Read more...]
Just Say No
No! This isn't a post about the dangers of drugs. However, it is about the power of saying, “No.” Often we say “yes” to everything because of FOMO.To grow as people we have to exercise our muscles of, not only saying “yes” to the right things, but also to saying “no” to the wrong things. We shouldn’t view saying no as a zero-sum game.In Psychology Today, Judith Sills, … [Read more...]
10 Essential Leadership Skills
In a recent team meeting, we discussed this insanely helpful article from the team at Groove. In it, they survey all the interviews they've conducted with company founders with an eye to answering the question, “What helps successful people win?”That got us thinking! What would we consider essential leadership skills?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArA7uYgHBPg #1 – … [Read more...]
Stay on Track and Finish!
Our team recently discussed the book Finish by John Acuff. Here are two scenarios you're likely to face once you've gotten a project started — especially if you're a perfectionist:What happens when your habit or schedule gets disrupted? What happens when your streak ends? Perfectionist Lie #1: "Quit if it's not perfect." What happens when you've set too big of a … [Read more...]