Often it isn’t our expertise or technical savvy that keeps us from crossing the finish line, it is all the other stuff. The voices inside our head, distractions, competing priorities. Sharing seven strategies to choose from when the motivational slump inevitably pokes out its ugly head. Find one that resonates to try on for size today!

When designing systems, process, and products, the operating duty cycle is key to ensure the design is robust to hold up to the operational demands and environment. It won’t last as long if it’s at 100% all of the time and neither do we as people. Keeping our operating level around 60-70% allows for personal surge capacity to rise to challenges with fresh minds. What’s your current operating level?

A reflection on what keeps us busy in preventing taking on the bigger more important projects. Are smaller tasks weighing you down, being used as procrastination, and allowing the most recent tasks to take priority on others that have been languishing?