Productivity and Performance
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On week six of implementing Groundwork with a leader I coach, we applied the system to his email inbox. I was reminded just how crippling our inboxes can be when we don’t have a method for managing the sheer volume of information and communication we receive daily.
It’s actu...
“Is this modern world of ours a rising civilization or an exhausted one? Its trouble and complexity are caused by the highest form of consciousness. Overwork, curiosity and sympathy – our modern vices.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to Power
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I have incredibly smart friends ...
In the Drop In Meditation that we practice in Groundwork, Amrita says, “see your pain as if it is a rock, turning to sand in your hand, moving through your experience”.Â
After engaging with and teaching this work for over a year now, I’ve been learning a lot about the subtleties of pain, and there’...
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In recent weeks, I’ve heard from alumni who have lost their homes to the fires in LA, founders forced to pivot their product-based businesses in response to political threats of tariffs, senior leaders navigating the uncertainty of mass cuts to international development organiz...
"The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been." — Henry Kissinger
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How comfortable are you, waiting in the unknown? I spent months there last year. I was starting my own business, my calendar was still empty, and I had a page of Li...
“The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” — Stephen Covey
One of the most rewarding aspects of Groundwork is hearing from alumni who have taken the practices we've taught and adapted them to transform their personal and professional lives. This week, I...
"We cannot lead without feeling the pain of living, because the things we do to avoid feeling pain result in poor leadership. We don’t acknowledge others. We try to control everything. We lose our temper and criticize others disproportionately. If we don’t feel our emotions, we are controlled by the...
In a recent coaching session with two very busy co-founders, this important question came up:
"How do we make sure we accomplish our priorities when our calendars are already so full?"
For those who are not familiar, Focus Areas is a simple one-page document we create each quarter inside the Groun...
