“Yes” Management
There’s a whole lot more to time management then just time.
Continue Reading ›Ditching My Smartphone
Taking the plunge and ditching the smartphone. Challenging the assumption that carrying a smartphone is essential technology.
Continue Reading ›Is Your Current Schedule Sustainable?
The challenge: We often have too much to do and not enough time to do it. And that, dear reader, is a real conundrum.
Continue Reading ›Brené Brown on Values
Last week I was in Peoria, Illinois for two days teaching a group of leaders about time management and focus. Yours truly at the SMI headquarters. If you were teaching a group of executives, managers, and directors about time management, what would you say to them? . . . It’s a 6-hour drive from Kansas
Continue Reading ›The Wrong Way to Manage Your Time
If there is one thing I have learned about focus and time management over the years, it is that how we spend our time and energy is an ever moving target.
Continue Reading ›On Working From Home and Being Productive and Creative
Many of the best things about working from home serve as a double-edged sword. Here are some tips for being productive and creative when you work from home.
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 ›A New Type of Work Schedule We’re Experimenting With in 2017
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 ›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 ›The Basecamp Way To Work: Workshop Retrospective
This half-day workshop in Chicago had a massive impact on my approach to building a business, managing my time (and the time of those I work with), and more.
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