Are you a member of the 5AM club? This is a group of performance enthusiasts who want to use the early morning to make most out of a day. I’m not. I’m most productive when waking up at around 6.00AM […]
Productivity
You will only get predictable and consistent results with a process or a system. This explains why lottery winners and heirs of significant fortunes often live in a state of permanent anxiety: They know that their success is not repeatable. […]
Statistics show that the amount of scientific data doubles every two years. At the same time, the impact of individual scientific articles is diminishing. This means that your ability to distinguish noise from signal becomes more important and at the […]
Is being lazy a strategic asset? I think it is. When the Greek hero Heracles had to clean out the Augean stables full of manure, he realized that even with his God-like powers, it would take him months of hard […]
How much effort does your organization spend on productivity improvement, such as lean sigma initiatives, optimizing payment conditions, and renegotiation of lease contracts? Next question: How much of this effort results in actually moving away from the competition? If your competitor decreases […]
The Tamagotchi is one of the more curious phenomena of the 90’s: A keychain with a virtual digital pet, which had to be nurtured, fed and played with. Otherwise it would die. Peak Tamagotchi was finally achieved when the toys were […]
Tired of ineffective, boring and low energy meetings? Take ownership of the following three standards to end meeting madness once and for all: A. Meeting Content A meeting only has three objectives: Everything else can probably be done by something different […]
After creating the statue of David, the great artist Michelangelo was asked how he had accomplished this masterpiece. Michelangelo answered that he looked at the original block of uncut marble, imagined David hidden in there, and simply took out everything […]
“Do high performance routines and habits stifle creativity and innovation?” It was a great question from an audience member, after I had given a keynote on how the best get better. My position is that routines and habits are actually […]
A force multiplier is a factor that gives you the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it. In the context of high-performance it means increased productivity: The ability to achieve the same (or better) results in less time. The following […]
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