4 Actions that Make Being Out of Town for Work Better
It’s been said that for every day you are gone from home or the office, it takes twice as many days to get re-acclimated when you return. That’s proven to be true in my own personal experience. The longer I’m gone on a work trip, the longer it takes for things at home and my ....
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Don’t Let the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good Enough
“It’s not ready yet.” This is one of the most famous sentences for #HighAchievers. Our conditioning toward perfectionism begins early in life and lingers throughout life for most of us. In many respects, this pursuit of perfectionism is what allowed us to become high achievers in the first place. When others had gone home early, ....
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Who Gets Your Leftovers — Family or Work?
It had been a long week. I walked in the door at 6:37pm on a Friday evening in 2011. My family was sitting at the dinner table about to start in on dessert. I was late. I said I’d be home around 5:30 and I hadn’t bothered to call or text. I probably made the ....
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How You’re Budgeting for Vacation the Wrong Way
Most people are budgeting for vacation the wrong way and don’t even realize it. Recently a #HighAchiever executive told me all about his family’s $20,000 Caribbean vacation. He was excited about the trip but admitted that due to the cost it would be the only vacation he and his family took for the entire year. ....
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116 Weeks Left Until My Hero Status is Revoked
In The Daily Ritual post I described an app I use to help keep my priorities in mind. I spent the first few years of my children’s lives absent from our home believing that my entire calendar was required to build a successful business. Although the business became a wild success in part due to this commitment, those ....
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The Daily Ritual
5:30am – iPhone alarm goes off. I walk to the bathroom, brush my teeth, put on my workout clothes, eat something light, and leave for the gym. The reality is that I didn’t want to get up this early and I’d rather be in bed. I will feel that way for the next hour and ....
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