Live with Ugmonk: Creativity and business with Jeff Sheldon
Join Shawn and Jeff for a live interview with Ugmonk founder, Jeff Sheldon. We’ll discuss: creating new products, staying inspired and relevant, content strategy (email newsletters & social media), and analog productivity as we dig into Jeff’s personal approach to productivity and systems. There will also be time for live Q&A so you can ask any questions you may have (or just glean from what other folks ask).
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How to Avoid Backwards Habits
Amateurs keep their options open. They say yes to everything. They have no boundaries. They are overwhelmed by the urgent and buried under a million random acts of focus. Professionals and top-performers are focused; they design their habits in order to accomplish their goals.
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Creating Blocks of Time for the Important Things
Right off the bat, I must confess that the schedule I share below is something I haven’t done very well yet. But I’m posting about it anyway because it’s an experiment worth sharing about. Even now, as I am just starting to fiddle with it, I know it will still give you some ideas for
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We’re Still Doing 8 Week Cycles With Sabbaticals
We’re coming up on four years of our eight week cycles. Some thoughts on our cycle cadence.
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Work Doesn’t Happen at the Computer
We’ve arrived at the assumption that work only gets done on the computer. Humans have survived thousands of years without computers and accomplished some pretty incredible feats. Why is it we now assume computers equal getting work done?
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Staying Focused at Home Webinar Replay
A replay of our webinar covering strategies for reducing overwhelm and prioritizing your time with the new challenges of your work and home life.
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Don’t Wait for Motivation
If you’re waiting for motivation to get moving on a project or idea, it may be a while. You may not be able to directly choose motivation, but you can influence it.
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Choosing the Right Tools
Selecting the right tools for the job requires a little more forethought then, “Oh that looks shiny.” Let’s challenge some assumptions you may have regarding the tools you’ve adopted.
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Before Getting to Tool Selection
While the various tools we use for getting work done is important, they are impartial to the creative process. Taking time to plan through the work we’re tying to accomplish goes a long way when it comes to selecting the best tools.
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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.
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