You probably know that your body will be healthier if you eat supportively, avoiding processed food. Similarly, you need to… Casey's eTip: Protect Your Brain from Unhealthy Content As this powerful essay from Dr. Cal Newport of Georgetown University (author of Deep Work) explains, our attention spans and critical thinking…

Activation--getting started--is often the biggest obstacle to moving forward with a project. Here's the solution… Casey's eTip: Take One Tiny Action The saying "A job begun is a job half done" is wise and research-backed. Taking a small, seemingly insignificant step gets the ball rolling. After a few such actions,…

Here's a tip from Apple that ensures clarity about direction and responsibility… Casey's eTip: Assign a DRI for All Projects DRI stands for Directly Responsible Individual. A clearly-defined leader reduces confusion and jockeying for position and the wasted time these behaviors cause. Assigning DRIs also reveals who is up for…

Staying an informed member of society means encountering bad news on a regular basis. To stay healthy mentally, it helps to… Casey's eTip: Lighten Your Mood Regularly To find some research-based methods (I've read some of the studies), you can read this graphic-novel-esque article from NPR. Here are just a…

Where do you stand with your personal and professional goals for the year? Do you remember what they were? It helps to… Casey's eTip: Check in with Your Goals Often Enough The check in can be as simple having them pop-up on your calendar every couple weeks, or re-writing them…

Wait! Don't dismiss this eTip, thinking it doesn't apply to you. Everyone has blind spots, so take some time to... Casey's eTip: Consider Whether You're the Problem Even articulate, typically-kind and "good" people can be difficult to deal with when conflict or dissension arises. Here are some signs that you…

If you're planning to change a process at work (or at home), it's important to… Casey's eTip: Get Input from Those Affected by Change Involve the stakeholders at the start of the planning process and during implementation. Take their preferences and feedback seriously. Many good ideas fail because the people…

Anger is a powerful, useful emotion that can get us into terrible trouble when mishandled, so… Casey's eTip: Treat Your Anger with Careful Calm Anger is an energizing mental and emotional state. It alerts us when something important to us has been damaged or is under threat. That's helpful information.…

"The essence of time management is doing fewer things of greater importance in the time we have," writes Harold Taylor in Making Time Work for You (p. 22), so... Casey's eTip: Do Less to Function Higher and Enjoy More As Taylor also notes (p. 16), "Time is increments of life."…

Delegating requires you to trust others to do what matters. As difficult as it is, you must… Casey's eTip: Delegate Authority, Not Just Responsibility Without granting your team (or family member!) the autonomy and authority to make decisions, you set them up to fail (or, at minimum, feel deeply frustrated).…