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Is your schedule already full? I don’t think so… A couple months ago, I started studying in a 7-month leadership program. I thought long and hard about taking it on – after all, my schedule was already pretty crammed, so how could I possibly make room for such a big commitment? It involved a minimum of 2 nights per week from 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM. I would be committed. Already, that creates some logistics, for example, how and when would I eat on those days? And wait! Most of t

I like the word commitment. It leaves no room for misinterpretation, the margin for error, or a “we’ll see” mentality. But how committed are you to your commitments? Some time ago I noticed an astonishing thing – well, it was astonishing to me in any case. I noticed that if I wrote something on my “to-do list” there was a 75% chance I might do it. But if I entered something in my online calendar my success rate was pretty well 99.999%.  I found this curious. Could there reall

When I ask people how many to-do lists they have, they think about all the places they keep their tasks. There are tasks in your inbox. There may be tasks on your phone (missed calls to return and texts to reply to). There are tasks in your social media (people to connect with on Facebook or links to reply to on LinkedIn. There are tasks in your handbag or briefcase (business cards from interesting people that you really meant to connect with). The perceived wisdom is that yo