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June 24, 2016
The Difference Between Trying and Doing
How to Turn Attempts Into Accomplishments
There’s an instructive scene in the Star Wars movie, The Empire Strikes Back. Yoda is instructing Luke Skywalker in how to use the Force. He asks Luke to retrieve his disabled spaceship out of a bog where it has sunk, using only his mind.
Luke, of course, thinks this is impossible. Sure, he has been able to move stones around this way. But a spaceship? That’s completely different. Or is it?
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June 22, 2016
Why Leaders Can’t Over-Communicate
5 Reasons to Speak Up and Speak Often
Leaders face a lot of problems, but poor communication is one they often create for themselves. In fact, nine in ten employees say it sabotages the success of executives, according to one study.
The same study found the second biggest problem area for leaders was a lack of clear directions. I think this probably applies across the board—everything from mission and core values down to day-to-day operations.
I get it. Sometimes, as leaders, we think we’ve said what needs to be said. We’re actually worried about over-communicating. We don’t want to sound like a broken record.
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June 21, 2016
75 Top Twitter Accounts You Should Follow for Your Career [Appearance]
In this article from Mashable, Lily Herman includes me in her top picks to follow for productivity geeks.
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75 Top Twitter Accounts You Should Follow for Your Career
June 20, 2016
Season 8, Episode 2: If You Want to Be Successful, Be Less Accessible [Podcast]
(7 Simple Steps)
Welcome to Season 8, Episode 2 of the This Is Your Life podcast. In this episode, Michele Cushatt and I discuss 7 simple steps to being more intentional about how you spend your time.
If you are going to live according to a realistic schedule and maintain margin for your most important priorities, you must make some tough decisions about accessibility. The more successful we are, the less accessible we must become. Otherwise we’ll end up cheating those relationships and projects that matter most. In this podcast, we’ll help you avoid those mistakes.
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June 18, 2016
“For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson [Photo]
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June 15, 2016
Yes, We Have No Office
Why Remote Working Is a Strategic Advantage for Now
I almost took a strategic misstep a few months back. Ever since I started my company, our team has worked remotely. We have twenty people in several different cities producing unparalleled results. But I wanted an office.
With the help of a great agent, we narrowed the search to 10,000 square feet in the perfect building. But everything comes down to tradeoffs. When I weighed the cost of the space against the benefits of working remotely, it didn’t add up.
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June 13, 2016
Season 8, Episode 1: The Mindset That Will Limit Your Future [Podcast]
(And How to Fix It)
Welcome to Season 8, Episode 1 of the This Is Your Life podcast. In this episode, Michele Cushatt and I discuss one of the most limiting mindsets and what you can do to fix it if you have it.
When it comes to outlook on relationships, business, family and life, we have a choice. We can either see the cup half empty or half full. Scarcity thinking creates limitations. Abundance thinking inspires possibilities. As a leader, you can avoid the scarcity mindset by intentionally developing the characteristics we discuss in this episode.
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June 8, 2016
Why I Changed My Email Newsletter Strategy
3 Reasons Behind My New Approach
I decided to change my email newsletter strategy last month. For years, I sent the entire blog post in the body of the email. We used a custom template that included many of the design elements from my blog. For a long time, that served us well.
But we are no longer doing that. Instead, we are sending a plain-text email that describes the post and invites the reader to click-through to my site to read the actual post.
Why did we make the change?
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June 6, 2016
We’re Looking for a Customer Experience Specialist. Are You a Fit? [Announcement]
We’re Looking for a Customer Experience Specialist. Are You a Fit?
Great news: I’m looking to fill a new position to help us continue to raise the bar of the online customer experience for Michael Hyatt & Company, LLC. Click on the title below for all the details.
Customer Experience Specialist
What if you’re not a candidate? Would you mind passing this along to someone you think might be a fit? Thanks for your interest in helping our company grow!
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Encore Episode: Setting Up Camp in the Discomfort Zone [Podcast]
7 Strategies for Making the Most of Challenging Situations
Our podcast is on hiatus for a few weeks as we prepare for Season 8. But we’ve gone through our content and found some of our most popular episodes to share with you during the transition. Enjoy this listener favorite!In this episode, Stu McLaren (who filled in for my regular cohost Michele Cushatt) and I discuss the importance of setting up camp in the discomfort zone.
If you’re an entrepreneur or leader of any kind you’re going to face discomfort and difficulty. But here’s the good news: These are the times we most grow and make progress towards our goals—especially if we follow seven strategies for making the most of challenging situations.
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MICHAEL HYATT WITH STU MCLAREN
S04E002 - Setting Up Camp in the Discomfort Zone
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