Strategic Discipline Blog
Extraordinary Results - Purpose, Priority, and Productivity
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Jan 14, 2016
Topics: Acute Myeloid Luekemia, One Thing, Process/Productivity Drivers, productivity
The Ultimate Success Habit: Good Question = Good Answers
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Jan 11, 2016
“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” —F. M. Alexander
Read MoreTopics: Strategic Discipline, One Thing, habits, The Power of Habit
Topics: One Thing, Top Priority, business coaching
Topics: One Thing, Top Priority, Annual Plan, priority, quarterly plan
Lie # 5 A Balanced Life - The Solution - Counterbalance
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Dec 23, 2015
It’s a common theme this time of year. We get out of balance chasing the spirit of Christmas, giving presents.
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, Balanced Priorities, Balanced Metrics, Counter balance
“Willpower is like gas in your car... . When you resist something tempting, you use some up. The more you resist, the emptier your tank gets, until you run out of gas.” Kathleen Vohs Prevention magazine, 2009
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, priorities, productivity, habits
The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 9, 2015
A foundational principal we will teach at the Scaling Up Workshop on Wednesday at our November 11th Scaling Up Workshop in Cedar Rapids, IA is One Thing. We recommend that when choosing a priority you choose One Thing for the year or your quarter to choose to focus on. It’s based on the principal that less is more.
Read MoreTopics: Decision-Making, One Thing, priority, time management
Topics: Discipline, One Thing, Discipline Plan, fanatic discipline
In Greg McKeown, Author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, recent blog he discussed the definition of priority: When the word priority came into the English language in the 1400s, it was singular. Think for a moment: What did it mean? The answer is the prior or very first thing. What’s interesting is it stayed singular for the next 500 years. It wasn’t until the 1900s that we came up with the pluralized term and started using the word priorities. But what exactly does the word mean? Can there be multiple very first things?
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