Say YES to Yourself More This Year
Do you ever wish you had a less complicated life?  
Even if your job and life are overcomplicated out of necessity, like launching a rocket or performing brain surgery, you can still simplify everything.
How do you do it?
Your actions in your life and your job are probably not causing the overwhelm. It's the people and the results that are causing you to feel that way.
The easier way to under-complicate is to begin saying "No" to the arbitrary and unattainable demands of others and focus exclusively on the results you want. 
Here are a couple of ideas:
1) Practice the law of "Good Enough." Perfectionism is overrated. It will waste years of productive time you could use to enjoy life. Set your standards and rise to them.
2) Get good at saying "No." Make that two-letter word your default answer for everything. And remember, sometimes, saying nothing at all gets the same result.
3) Remember that the only thing you must do in life is take a BREATH. Everything else is optional and self-inflicted. 
Leonardo da Vinci said," Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."  
Why not show everybody how sophisticated you are?
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Say YES to Yourself More This Year

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Transformational Stages
Is there something you would like to transform about your life? These days you are not alone.
Stop smoking, lose weight, get a better job - or another job?
Transformation always follows the same predictable stages:
Stage 1: Pre-contemplation. This stage appears when an idea pops into your head for the first time.
Stage 2: Contemplation. This middle ground is where most folks get stuck. It can go on for a lifetime.
Stage 3: Determination. Moving past contemplation, you make up your mind, dig in your heels, and make your plan.
Stage 4: Action. There is no turning back until you get what you want.
Stage 5: Maintenance. This stage is all about keeping what you have acquired - no matter what. This stage may also last your entire life.
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Three Step Productivity
Not a day goes by when somebody doesn't ask me how to manage their time and be more productive. I wanted to share my simple, non-AI approach to getting things done.
It's crucial to understand that productivity systems are not one-size-fits-all. They should be tailored to your unique needs and goals, which can evolve with your changing roles and responsibilities in life.
I'm now living in the wisdom role and not the get a thousand things done a day role. Still, no matter what role you play, productivity comes down to three elements:
1) Holding space on your calendar. If you need help deciding when to do your whats, you must spend more time learning that skill.
2) Task Management contains all the little things you must do during the time set on your calendar. And no, they never go on your calendar.
3) All projects and their millions of details live in a separate project management document, file, or software. You reference it when you need it. Any task that needs to be done finds its way to your Task Manager.
That's it.
Only three tools are needed for productivity: a calendar, a Task Management System, and a place for project details. Never the three shall mix.
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Reinvent Yourself With No Plan
In the last couple of years, I made a decision that changed everything about my life.
And no, when I began personal Operation Reinvention, I didn't have much of a plan. I wouldn't say I was winging it, but sometimes you have no idea what kind of plan you need. What I did have was a mindset.  
I wondered - 
"What single change can I make - a change that would automatically and positivity disrupt everything in my life and put me in a better place?"
I followed that with…
"I don't know WHAT it's going to be, but it's not going to be THAT!"
While I didn't know exactly how to get there - or even what 'there' was, I knew I would recognize it when I saw it.  
Goals are cool. You should use them. Sometimes, you must follow your gut, go with the flow, and figure things out along the way.  
By the way, the single change turned out to be a massive rethinking of how I use my time. I create time freedom - and everything else begins to arrive.
What change can YOU make that would automatically and positively disrupt everything in your life and leave you in a better place?
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Non-Optional Time Suckers
It happens to all of us.
We're going about our day, hot on the trail of checking off items on our never-ending To-Do list. Then, we discovered that we didn't get everything done before time ran out. 
When my son was entering the workforce, we would often find time to catch up on weekends. He was trying to navigate the business world while balancing his life. He had a fast-paced job and had become a productivity ninja. He was proud of his color-coded To-Do list and calendar, but he had a problem -
"Dad, no matter how organized I am, I still can't get everything done. I'm writing everything down, and I'm working through it, and I still run out of time. What am I not doing right?"
My first thought was how happy I was that he had the clarity of mind to look beyond the obvious solution. Then, I had a few questions -
You say you have accounted for everything. How much time did you allocate for eating lunch or running down to the coffee shop today?
How many times did you visit the restroom, and how long did it take?
On your commute, how much time did you spend at the traffic lights?
I stopped.
"What does that have to do with my getting my work done?" he asked.
Nothing, but you still have to get that stuff done. And thanks for making my point.
What my son had discovered is what I call "Non-Ops" — the non-optional things of life. 
Non-Ops are a never-ending string of activities that require our attention. They never go away and sneak up without you knowing. If you don't account for the Non-Ops of life, you'll never get to the optionals of life.
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How to Set Expectations and Get Results
I can’t remember a time in my life when expectations didn’t significantly impact every minute and hour of every day of my life. No matter who you are, you have a million expectations inside your mind — and don’t get me started about expectations that others have for you. 
Years ago, I developed an awareness of how expectations control our lives and settled on an engineering model to guide me along my path. The model is called the Feed-Forward/Feedback Model.
The first step in the FFFM model is to become aware of everything happening in your life. 
Next, set an expectation for any event, goal, relationship, or life situation that you have in your life.
Once set, your only job is to observe whether you are getting what you desire.
If not, and there is always an if not, notice the discrepancy and update your expectation based on real-life results. 
Continue observing your result and making adjustments until you get the expected result.
It looks like this: expectation, observation, discrepancy detection, change in exception, expectation.
Life is not rocket science. It’s engineering.
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