3 Minutes Of Timecrafting With Mike Vardy

There’s nothing worse than dreading a return from being away from the desk. Sending out this one email before you go anywhere for an extended period of time will help lessen that feeling.

Do you remember cramming for exams in school? I do. How well did that turn out for you? Sometimes good, sometimes not? Either way, when you do that kind of thing with your time you are trying to see how far luck will take you.

I rarely share the stories of others on this podcast (I save that for my weekly show, The Productivityist Podcast) but today I'm making an exception. Today I'm going to tell you the story of the overnight success story known as Steve Austin.

I'm a night owl (and proud of it). But that doesn't mean I sacrifice sleep. I find ways to make sleep happen even when I can't completely adhere to my night owl nature.

It's Pi Day! The day we celebrate the number 3.14 and all of its glory. But did you know that the number doesn't stop at "4"? It keeps on going and going and going and going and...

"Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one." - Dr. Seuss

Marie Kondo's work is all the rage right now. But are people getting the real meaning and message behind her work?

Alvin and Heidi Tofler released their book "Future Shock" back in 1970. One of the terms introduced in that book was the concept of "overchoice."

"Focus on the things that don't change." - Jeff Bezos

In the final episode of The "Work by Mode" Series I explain how you can put all of five categories of mode-based work together so that they can work in tandem to "treat" your to do list (and your mind) a whole lot better.

In the penultimate episode in this mini-series, I spend three minutes (or so) talking about the category of mode-based work that is designed to be the most quantitative of them all: Time-Based Modes.

In the fourth episode in The "Work by Mode" Series, I speak to the category of mode-based work that serves to motivate you to act like no other. Why? Well, it's because it contains the word "act" in its name. I'm talking about Activity-Based Modes.

In this third episode of The "Work by Mode" Series I discuss a category of mode-based work that can be valuable to use but isn't one that usually would come to mind unless you tap into how you're feeling at any given moment: Energy=Based Modes.

In this second episode of The "Work by Mode" Series, I describe the category of mode-based work that you'll want to use if your to do list is driven more by the people you collaborate with, the places you work, or the things you use to do your work. The next three minutes is all about Resource-Based Modes.

In this first in a series of episodes where I focus on the TimeCrafting concept of "Mode-Based Work" I reveal the first category of mode-based work: Theme-Based Modes.

There comes a time when you need to give your overarching focus and attention to one particular goal, project, or initiative over a short period time. (Say, a week.) This when you can use an element of TimeCrafting known as a Weekly Sprint.

Minimalism is still a hot topic in the productivity space and while I can appreciate what it has to offer, I don't like how it gets misrepresented and misconstrued. I talk about this during this episode.

Stephen Covey once said, "Accountability breeds response-ability." Today I'm going to discuss the idea of accountability and the different forms it can take.

I used to have Thursdays earmarked as my Training Day, but recently I needed to make shift in the wording. Why? I'll share that with you in this episode.

Back in 2010, I penned something I called The Midweek Manifesto. I didn’t dive into what it meant all that much back then. I simply wrote it and posted it. But as the conventional work week comes to a close here, I felt it was time to revisit its origin and meaning. Not just for you…but for me.