On September 16, 2019, I changed from full-time to part-time work at Patagonia. I essentially have a three day work week at Patagonia, and long four day weekends. This has allowed me to do my coaching and consulting work with Agile Time Coach, and to spend the time I need for building my sprint canoe Read more about Part-Time Work Lessons[…]
I am certain everyone’s productivity is different during this Covid-19 pandemic than what it was prior to it. Perhaps you now have more time to work on home projects and are trying to keep your mind occupied and you feel hyper productive. Or maybe you can’t focus on anything for any length of time as Read more about Productivity & Covid-19[…]
Those that have worked with me at Patagonia over the last five years or so have heard me announce a countdown of days until I reach my retirement date (or at least the date I plan to go part-time). I have long been planning for this important time when I can work on my own Read more about When Less is More[…]
What comes to mind when you think of the biggest risks you’ve ever taken? Did you come to regret taking any of them? When I consider these questions, there have been very few, if any, downsides to the risks that come to mind. Perhaps this says I’m not much of a true risk taker. However, Read more about Defining Risk[…]
Email is often the overwhelming part of people’s daily work life; there’s too much email, it’s disruptive, and overwhelming. For many, there’s an urge to switch to other communication methods, such as Slack, or texting, simply because their email has become so unmanageable. I am not in that camp – I can manage my email Read more about Making eMail Work for You[…]
As I write this post, it is approaching New Year’s, and like many if not most people, I do some scheduled reflection at this time of the year. I learned about goals and the systems one needs for achieving them through training for the Olympic sport known as sprint canoe. While I never made the Read more about Olympic Sized Goal Setting[…]
I get texts from my cycling mates who join me early on Tuesday and Thursdays often with the phrase, “See you @ Oh-Dark-Thirty.” I’ve been getting up early to do a workout for practically as long as I can remember. I’ve been doing so at least since I was 12 years old and paddled Read more about @ Oh-Dark-Thirty[…]
There are a handful of books that I have read that I think are not just important and impactful but truly life changing. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl is perhaps the best example of such a book. If you haven’t yet read this book, Frankl writes about his experiences and survival of four different Read more about Seeking Meaning – How to Define “Work-Life Balance”[…]