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The Secret To A Lifetime Of Productivity – And Five Ways To Find It

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full The Secret To A Lifetime Of Productivity – And Five Ways To Find It by Starbucker on February 28, 2010 It’s not the “doing&#. Over committing is the cardinal sin of productivity. Popularity: 23% [ ?

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Don't Do Second Things First (A Core Lesson in Productivity)

Terry Starbucker

Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full Don’t Do Second Things First (A Core Lesson in Productivity) by Starbucker on June 27, 2010 Remember those yellow legal note pads? Yes, there was actually a time like that, as strange as it may seem now.

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Don't Be A Victim of Success (Keep Climbing)

Terry Starbucker

That’s the critical question in sustaining a long and fruitful career, or keeping a business at the heights of profitability. So while I certainly was learning some valuable lessons in that position, I really wasn’t trying to propel my career forward. « Catch Your Career How do You Know if You’ve Contacted Adultitis?

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A Leader's Bizarro Math: When 10 Minus 1 Equals 12

Terry Starbucker

But more importantly, the team’s growing resentment is casting a big shadow over morale and productivity. Such is the productivity drag when a leader hangs on too long with a poor performer. First, it’s clear that George, as part of a 10 person group, has been a drag on the overall effectiveness of the team.

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Bill Murray's Choice, and What It Means For A Life Worth Living

Terry Starbucker

When you’re young and all you have is your career, some of your life can be in second place. Life interferes, you know. And then you want your life to take first place, and other people don’t see it that way. They see it that your life has to take second place, and it’s hard.

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The 85% Solution for Happiness at Work

Terry Starbucker

But that shouldn’t stand in our way of a general sense of career enjoyment, or finding some meaning in what we do. I could completely relate to this – during the part of my career when I was unhappy, I was always looking at the clock – counting the minutes to when I could go home.

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Why Making a Difference is Still THE Difference

Terry Starbucker

But here’s the funny thing about these letters – in almost all cases, it wasn’t the actual product or service the customer was raving about – it was the person delivering it. Something about this transaction made a difference for them, and because of it, we’ve made a customer for life. Or my week.

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