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Are you capable of saying “No”?

August 8, 2015 by Carrington Leave a Comment

Priorities

I am currently reading “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown. The concept is simple yet amazing and goes hand in hand with the lessons I have been learning from the single greatest podcast I have ever consumed: The MFCEO Project hosted by Andy Frisella.

The message from both, while delivered in different ways is to reduce your tasks and obligations to those that add most value to you. Create a list of the five most important things you need to do each day and say “no” to everything else. Stay aligned with your goals. Do the work, no matter what, and eliminate the BS that often creeps in.

  • Check out the MFCEO Project
    Please note this podcast is NOT for delicate flowers

Filed Under: Performance

Listen to Me: You’re Making a Mistake

June 5, 2015 by Carrington Leave a Comment

huge mistake

It’s been nearly six months since I was shaken to my core by a conversation I had with one of my accounts. We aren’t close friends, we don’t spend time together outside our overlaps in space and time due to my responsibilities, but there is mutual respect that has been earned by both sides.

He is not from this country, but he has built a business that continues to grow. It’s growth isn’t out of luck, but out of a shrewdness that is easy to miss and [Read more…]

Filed Under: Performance Tagged With: entrepreneurship, paradigm, starting a business

There is no shortcut

May 29, 2015 by Carrington 1 Comment

Anyone who knows me would agree that I am always looking for the loophole. Not that I’m trying to cut corners – get away with shoddy work – but I’m looking for the tip or trick to make a difficult task more efficient. I consume content, Podcasts being the current flavor of the month, keeping my ears tuned to secret [Read more…]

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