Of course I know that you can’t really speed up time.  Life isn’t some cheesy 80s movie montage where inspirational music blasts as you accomplish incredible feats in a few short minutes.

But did you ever notice that there are people out there who do get a hell of a lot more done than you do?  People who have started companies, climbed mountains or completed charitable missions – all while you struggle to find the energy just to make it to the gym a few times a week?

While you might not be able to increase the amount of time you have or make time move slower, you can definitely improve the ways in which you use the time you’ve been given.  Check out these tips for a few ways to live life 3x as fast as normal. Continue reading

This summer marks both my 10^th year out of high school and my 10^th year working in the digital marketing world.  I always like to use milestones like these to reflect on where I’m at in my life, and one thing that always comes up for me is just how useless some of the things we’re taught in school actually are.  I mean, is it really more important to learn cursive writing than personal finance?  Or to spend time preparing for standardized tests rather than learning project management skills?

With these deficiencies in mind, the following is a list of fifty lessons that I wish today’s schools would put more emphasis on.  You might not agree with all of them, but I hope they at least get you thinking about how we can improve both the educational system and the lessons we carry from it. Continue reading

Given the competing demands of owning a business, managing a team of employees and trying to keep my personal life together, I spend an average of about 4-5 hours a day answering email messages.  I answer emails while I’m in and out of calls, sitting in meetings or working from coffee shops, using everything from my iPhone to my Android phone, my iPad and my computer (though most of my email activities are carried out on mobile devices these days). Continue reading

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick to death of people who are all talk and no action when it comes to actually getting shit done.  As a business owner, I interact with plenty of wannabe entrepreneurs who talk a big game about their big ideas, but then fail miserably when it comes to execution.

Usually, the interaction goes something like this… Continue reading

For some reason, when talking about business and entrepreneurship, people tend to separate themselves into “productive do-gooders” versus “procrastinating slackers.”  Those in the latter camp often say, “I could never be motivated enough to run my own business” – this completely contradicts the fact that productivity is a learned skill, just like any other!

Just like you can learn to ride a bike or read a book, you can learn to be more productive.  To get you started, take a look at the following list for a few of my favorite techniques: Continue reading