Feed Your Head
As a business owner in the legal or financial industries, you know that knowledge (and working with your brain) is one of your superpowers. As the Chief Brain Hacker of my company, I’m also the chief knowledge worker.
You know you need to support your brain… but what exactly is “brain food”?
Fire Up Some Freedom of Time This 4th of July
It’s almost Independence Day (I know because my neighbors have been firing up the firecrackers for a couple weeks now) and it’s time to celebrate!
There are a lot of different ways to be independent.
So You Want to Be a Productivity Consultant
But what about the secret sauce? The terrible things no one will tell you about being a productivity consultant.
Darwin Day And Your Business Evolution
Why should business owners celebrate Darwin Day, which commemorates the birth of Charles Darwin?
Well, why not?
But seriously…
3 Powerful Ways for Business Owners To Be More Productive in 2024
Sometimes when I’m speaking on the topic of productivity I can see the audience thinking, “There’s no way I can do that!”
Most of the time, what they really mean is “I don’t want to do that”.
Brains and Productivity: What Business Owners Need to Know
The word productivity itself is overused, and can mean different things for different people. It covers both the work I do in helping business owners reclaim their time by working with their brains instead of against them.
Find Your Four Hours for Productivity
There are a few ways to improve productivity, but they don’t all have the same impact.
For Freethought Day, Unleash Your Brain and Boost Your Firm’s Productivity
All business owners are engaged in knowledge work. And if you have an accounting, legal, financial, marketing, or architecture firm, your business is also knowledge work. Which makes the most important tool in your toolbox – weapon in your arsenal – ingredient in your pantry… your brain.
Why Modern American Business Culture Is Bad for Productivity (For Business Owners)
Do you feel like you don’t have enough hours in the day as a business owner? Or do you feel like you have plenty of time to get everything done?
If you live and work in the US, the chances are you feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day. It’s not necessarily true, but our culture can definitely make you think that there is always more work to be done and that you need to be busy.
But why is that culture so bad for productivity in the workplace?
Working Smart Is All About the Brain
Why do I call myself the Chief Brain Hacker instead of Founder/CEO (which are also accurate titles)? Many of my audience members get a little kick out of it. A little novelty, if you will (or even if you won’t) that human brains like. You might even get a little dopamine hit from hearing a new title that you weren’t expecting.
Brains in Business
Want to be productive? Try this app! No, this software! Pick the exact right 115-step plan and you’ll be super-productive! Do these 13 things every night, wake up at oh-dark-thirty every morning, and you’ll get 197 things done each day!
The Serum Inside Productivity Injection
What’s the story, morning glory? I haven’t had a linear career by any means, and when I explain that I’m a productivity consultant, people always want to know how I got here. It’s been a long and winding road…
Productivity an Issue? Be Good To Your Brain
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, and it’s especially important for business owners to keep their brains healthy. After all, we entrepreneurs do a lot of “thinky” (or cognitively demanding) work!
5 Ways Less Is More When Managing Your People
There is absolutely a time and a place for a pizza party in the office (particularly on May 20 which is National Pizza Party Day!) Unless, of course, you’re the kind of monster that puts pineapple on pizza.
And while pizza is a fun way to appreciate your people, sorry, the occasional pizza party isn’t going to cut it. Even frequent pizza parties won’t, and neither will any other lunch treat.