The Siempo “Just Smart Enough” Phone
This phone has me super intreagued, and so I backed it on Kickstarter.
Continue Reading ›What Is the Ideal Structure for Your Work Week?
So what is the best way for a team (small or large) to structure their week? Well … it depends.
Continue Reading ›The Value of Focusing on One Thing at a Time (Video)
There is significant value in having a clear goal, a single focus, and a deadline. When you have these things you work with greater efficiency, you produce a higher quality of work, and you have more fun doing so.
This is one of those things that we know in principle, but many of us do not actually walk it out. We take on every new idea we have, we say yes to too many incoming opportunities, and we just generally have too much going on at any given time.
Continue Reading ›The Blanc Media 8-Week Work Cycle with Sabbaticals
For 2017 we decided to trying something new here at the Blanc Media Global Headquarters. It’s an 8-week schedule with six weeks spent on focused work, a single buffer week, and then a week of vacation.
Continue Reading ›March Reading: ‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport
This month’s book is a long-overdue pick (if you haven’t read it already). Moreover, it’s the perfect follow-up to last month’s book, The Dip. March’s reading is Deep Work, by Cal Newport. The whole hypothesis behind Deep Work is this: The ability to perform deep work is becoming increasingly rare at exactly the same time
Continue Reading ›How and Why I Schedule Every Minute (Video)
On Scheduling Every Minute of The Day After breakfast, I sit down and schedule out my day. I literally schedule every single minute. It’s an activity that takes me about 5 minutes at the start of my day. When I’ve got that plan for how I’m going to spend my time, and what I’m going
Continue Reading ›Meet Tyler Soenen
Tyler Soenen is an engineer, project manager, and avid outdoorsman living in Kansas City with his wife and their son. In the summer of 2015, Tyler signed up for The Focus Course. As he shares below, Tyler’s biggest challenge related to focus was to maintain clarity on what’s most important in his life and to
Continue Reading ›Why We Need a Focused Life
This short video is pulled right out of the bonus section of The Focus Course. I wanted to share this with you because it video stands on its own — it will give you value and a quick win today. Check it out to get an excellent overview of why you need a focused life.
Continue Reading ›Meet Joanna Eitel
Joanna Eitel Joanna and her husband, Tyler, live in Kansas City, Missouri. They have a 4-year old son and 2-year old daughter. After working for almost ten years as an event coordinator for a large ministry in the area, Joanna now works part-time as the office manager for an adoption agency along with enjoying
Continue Reading ›Using Focus as a Competitive Advantage
In my office is a giant whiteboard. And as we were planning the Creative Focus Online Summit, I listed out all the people whom I wanted to take part. Right at the top of that list was Claire Lew. Claire is the CEO of Know Your Company, which is a very clever software tool that
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