3 Minutes Of Timecrafting With Mike Vardy

Life is full of ups and downs. That's inevitable. What we need to work on is how to navigate them.

I started running in mid-2018. And I haven't really stopped since. But what does that have to do with personal productivity and time management?

Even when business isn't personal, productivity always is.

"Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex." - Norman Vincent Peale

I've found that several of the starts I've had in the past several months have been nothing short of rocky.

What does the word "nice" mean to you? What kind of feelings does it bring up? Does the word have enough depth in it to have meaning for you?

You've likely heard that there is a real power in the word "no." But what if you were to take that power to another level?

When you think about the word "flourish" what words come to mind? Do you have a clear idea of what the word means?

Take a look at your to do list. How many tasks on it have been there for a long time? Why are they still on it? How come you haven't taken care of those aging tasks?

Attention is one of the key ingredients to personal productivity and giving you the best chance to craft your time well.

One aspect of optimization - which is one of my daily themes - is fixing. But sometimes you can spend time fixing when you should instead be figuring out if the fix is even worth it.

Here’s the thing: efficiency isn’t solely about speed. I’d argue that speed is what you need to keep out of your mind as you work to become more efficient with your to do list.

“Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.” - Thomas Merton

In order to craft your time and ensure you can handle the things you need and want to do on a consistent basis, you need to protect your time and attention.

"Slow and steady wins the race." - The Tortoise and The Hare

There are plenty of ways that you can try to stand out from others. The question is...in what way do you want to be standing out?

If you’ve been keeping up with me fo some time then you know that I have an affinity for notebooks.

“The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.” - William Blake

When we think about managing our time, we often think about the days, the weeks, and months. But what about the seasons of the year?

“What we choose to focus on and what we choose to ignore—plays in defining the quality of our life.” - Cal Newport, Deep Work