“This book parallels some of my old work on “Sovereign Thought” and how television destroys thinking, in that it explains how the advent of mass media marks the redefinition of existence itself (through the eyes of highly-paid corporate marketers)…”

“So do your research, and no matter how bogged down you get with the day-to-day workload, don’t let it keep you from staying abreast as far as what’s working out there and why.”

Sometimes, especially when it comes to the BIG projects (building a website, starting a children’s program, etc.) you need stronger tools that’ll leverage your productivity past just another session or two…in fact, you actually need an entirely different APPROACH.

Just for fun, I did it in audio format for your listening pleasure too, AND there’s a cool beat at the end. Check it out…

In the past, I would never eat well, never really connect with the important people in my life and barely get away from the computer at all. I’d try to read while I cook, check my emails while I’m on the phone and act like I was too tough to take care of myself. In the end, I let my ambition supersede my own well-being.

Make sure your core beliefs and deep-level mental scripts support you in your drive to be more effective, because if they don’t, NOTHING YOU DO WILL WORK LONG TERM, no matter what.

Approach your performance like an Olympic athlete approaches theirs. The key word here is “performance,” because it implies an activity that’s both SPECIFIC (as in, a discrete act unto itself) and QUANTIFIABLE.

A complete framework for how to cultivate and develop willpower: seeing willpower as a mental function strengthened by exercise, depleted by decision-making and preserved by routines, for example…

Distraction and interruption rob of us more productivity then just about any other single factor…

Technology is UNDERMINING your productivity, not raising it. Hyper-connectivity and information overload inhibit concentration, disrupt important relationships and sabotage your ability to think and act creatively more then anything else…