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Building the Perfect Winter Bunker
Depending on where you live, you may or may not yet be seeing the signs of fall outside your window. Whether it’s the sound of football coming from the TV or the smell of pumpkin spice wafting through the air, we can tell autumn is here. Not only is it the perfect...
Why Paper Planners Are Here to Stay
One of my favorite parts of starting any new school year was receiving a new paper planner. After getting my schedule, I’d flip past the list of international holidays and a map of the United States and then carefully write out where I’d be and when for the upcoming...
The Five People You Need to Enlist to Defend Your Time Block
As a community member of The ONE Thing, you know that we’re all about taking control of our lives by time blocking. Time blocking is the act of making an appointment with yourself in order to get your most important work done. It’s deceptively simple in theory—I set...
What National Geographic Can Teach us About Reframing Our ONE Thing
You know your ONE Thing. It’s that big goal you want to accomplish more than anything. When you focus on accomplishing it, everything else becomes unnecessary. But sometimes, the environment around you changes during your pursuit of that goal. And if we aren’t smart...
Unwritten Rules of Business that Have Overstayed their Welcome
There’s a whole lot of unwritten rules in the business world. More or less, they're guidelines for etiquette that dictate what we can and can't do. Some are good, some are bad, and some have overstayed their welcome. Unwritten rules are changing all the time. Think...
How to Build Resilient Relationships that Pull Us Through Tough Times
When the going gets tough, the tough get going is a popular phrase. But for the most successful people on the planet, the saying takes on a twist: “when the going gets tough, don’t go at it alone.” Everyone who embarks on a quest to fulfill their One Thing is going to...
Handling Toxic Team Members with Kenny Rodgers
When it comes to hiring, there are a number of qualities to consider in candidates, but we typically focus on personal productivity. Before we make an investment in someone, we want to know that we’re going to be getting the most bang for our buck. However, according...
How to Be With Your Kids When it Matters Most
After the birth of my second child, I was forced to get real one day when I started to take stock of my own long-term goals as a parent. At the time, both my husband and I worked full-time and our kids were both in full-time daycare. And it was working for us. But...