"Choose your productive obsession right now. Maybe you know exactly which one to select. Even if you're positive, give your idea a once-over and make sure it meets your current meaning needs and intentions..." -- Eric and Ann Maisel, authors of Brainstorm: Harnessing the Power of Productive Obsessions. "Being taught that more is better, we're jumping to erroneous conclusions way too early, and all of a sudden being more productive has no limits in terms of enough." -- Slavko Desik, business blogger. While superior productivity is neither simple nor easily reduced to its component parts, most people would universally agree that productivity requires a focus on priorities—a focus that excludes the extraneous, stripping away anything that doesn't contribute to a specific goal. Some might … [Read more...]