There are (at least) three levels of priority. Let’s call them Life Goal Level Priority, Project Level Priority, and Action Level Priority. Project Level Priority…
There are (at least) three levels of priority. Let’s call them Life Goal Level Priority, Project Level Priority, and Action Level Priority. Action Level Priority…
Almost two years ago, one Saturday, after I got on antidepressants, I went to the bank to get some coins for my kids’ allowances. Talking…
Before we can say yes, and certainly long before we can say no, we need to know why. “There is an entire section in the…
I know a good “no” can free up time and resources for the important. I need to say yes to my kids. I need to…
We don’t like saying no to people, but a clear no can be the best. “No, I’m not going out with you” means the asker…
I came across https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3593856.3595909 via https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gauge last month. “An order of magnitude lower than the baseline” seems like an excellent increase in performance. I seem…
Jody runs a volunteer portion of a larger organization. She needs six weekly volunteers for about an hour while the larger organization meets. She has…
Messages come in. Messages get processed. Messages get acknowledged. Last month at work, I found a case where a message came in and caused the…
“Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make…