151: How to Be More Productive, with Tim Stringer

Coaching for Leaders

Tim Stringer: Holistic Productivity

“There’s only two problems in life. Either you don’t know where you’re going or you don’t know the next step.” -Tim Stringer, paraphrasing David Allen

Tim recommended Tony Schwartz’s book Be Excellent At Anything*

Step 1 – Reflection
  • Tim recommends journaling to separate the noise from what’s most important
  • The Day One app* is an excellent resource for this
Step 2 – Accepting life as is Step 3 – Focus on one thing
  • A positive shift in one area of life will influence many other areas
  • It’s a lot easier to get early wins by starting with one area first
Step 4 – Inspired action
  • Work on a specific action for a 90-day period
  • Think a strategize about your action like it’s already occurred
Strategies
  • Name projects the define the objective
  • Due dates only when things are actually due
Resources Practical action
  • Try journaling for a week
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Tim Stringer: Holistic Productivity

“There’s only two problems in life. Either you don’t know where you’re going or you don’t know the next step.” -Tim Stringer, paraphrasing David Allen

Tim recommended Tony Schwartz’s book Be Excellent At Anything*

Step 1 – Reflection
  • Tim recommends journaling to separate the noise from what’s most important
  • The Day One app* is an excellent resource for this
Step 2 – Accepting life as is Step 3 – Focus on one thing
  • A positive shift in one area of life will influence many other areas
  • It’s a lot easier to get early wins by starting with one area first
Step 4 – Inspired action
  • Work on a specific action for a 90-day period
  • Think a strategize about your action like it’s already occurred
Strategies
  • Name projects the define the objective
  • Due dates only when things are actually due
Resources Practical action
  • Try journaling for a week
Discover More

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2014-07-28 36 min
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