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January is often the time for goal-setting. Here's an approach that might benefit you and your team… Casey's eTip: Set CLEAR Goals This Year You are probably familiar with some variation of SMART goal-setting. It means making goals Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-oriented. This acronym can be helpful but…

Often people strive to work longer, harder and/or smarter in January to start the year productively. Maybe you'd perform more effectively if you… Casey's eTip: Resolve to Sleep More Deeply and Consistently Having sufficient sleep affects your physical health, energy level and mental state--in other words, your ability to work…

Spending your time on what matters is a lifelong iterative learning process. Here's one way to start 2026's cycle… Casey's eTip: Reflect on this Year to Make Next Year Better Spend a little time this week (even 10 minutes would do) reviewing 2025. Ask yourself some questions such as those…

Happy Hanukkah if you are celebrating it! As you move through the last weeks of the year, become an anthropologist. Pay attention to everything and… Casey's eTip: Use This Holiday Season to Plan for the Next December is often fraught with unrealistic expectations and social and familial "shoulds." Draw on…

Here's a gift you can give yourself this holiday season… Casey's eTip: Schedule Your Medical and Dental Appointments Caring for your physical health is essential for sustainable productivity. After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Annual physical check ups, preventative testing (e.g., mammograms, prostate exams)…

Have you ever had everything seem to go wrong and you just wished the day would end? Why wait? You can... Casey's eTip: Start Your Day Over at Any Time Step into the present and treat it as if it were the first moment of a fresh new day. Once…

Thanksgiving is here and I thank you for reading my eTips! This holiday reminds us to be thankful. It turns out that you can… Casey's eTip: Practice Gratitude to Stay Honest Some research from Northeastern University suggests that gratitude might be a virtue that promotes other virtues, such as self-control…

Alan Watts once wrote that "Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone." This principle applies to emotions, too. Instead of fighting them… Casey's eTip: Use RAIN to Process Emotions Happiness, anxiety, fulfillment, resentment, satisfaction, disappointment, joy and frustration are just a few of the many emotions that may…

When you're experienced and kind, it's easy to become everyone's go-to resource. Eventually, they may ask you for answers instead of looking things up themselves. To stop this pattern... Casey's eTip: Teach Your Team to 1-3-1 Their Issues The 1-3-1 approach (which I believe was developed by Dan Martell) involves…

Here's an idea from Oliver Burkeman's wonderful book Four Thousand Weeks… Casey's eTip: Choose Where You'll Fail Allow yourself some areas in life to be terrible at (or mediocre at least) since there's no way to be the best at everything all the time. Be the OK cook, the do-the-minimum…