The Focus Course

Doing Your Best Work by Eliminating Dual Focus

Dual focus is the sneaky culprit that undermines your ability to operate at your best. Let’s change that.

“Margin” as Part of Your Decision-Making Process

If you can make margin a factor in your normal decision-making process, you will be able to protect the breathing room you need to maintain margin in your life. Here are a few questions you can ask yourself during the decision-making process, and a few signs that you may lack margin.

Defining Your “In Shape”

Being a cold-blooded-northerner-at-heart, I thrive in the cold! So when fall came around I was rather excited for the cooler weather. Perfect evenings out walking as a family, extra trips to the playground, hiking trails through the woods, it’s our favorite time of the year. For me, it means an opportunity to be more physically

A Weekly Review for Your Goals

You could have a well defined goal, action items with next steps, a beautiful gantt chart, and still forget the goal 3 months later. The secret sauce to any effective goal setting system is regular review.

How to Accomplish Your Goals

In this video interview between Shawn Blanc and Mo Bunnell, learn about keeping a healthy balance between work and personal life, maintain margin in your schedule, and how to stick with your goals.

Avoid being a New Years Resolution Statistic

University of Scranton research found that 92% of new years resolutions fail. So if nine out of ten people are failing at their goals, how do you become the one that nails it?

Using data to achieve your Goals

You can’t accomplish a goal you haven’t defined. While tracking numbers may feel tedious and unrelated to our goal, data is a roadmap to success. It gives us feedback.

The First Step

Taking the first step can be daunting. What are the things keeping you from getting started on your goals and how can you overcome them?

The Power of Focus

This guest post by Mo Bunnell is about people with a common characteristic: focus. These people have an incredible ability to pick something to move forward, dedicate incredible energy, to it, and drive it to completion. They create. And they finish. They ship their creations.

How I Stay Sane When Life Feels Extra Busy

Fall is by far and away my favorite time of year. There is something magical about the crisp weather, a lit candle, a hot drink, and a blank page to write on. And here we are. It’s November! To be honest, most years I’m not yet ready for fall. The cooler weather will hit, and