In my last essay, I gave you an exclusive look inside my daily routine. Let’s pick up where we left off and look at how I schedule my afternoons. After a morning filled with writing, exercise, and time with the dog, I break at 12:30 PM. Lunch is a spartan affair,…

In 1851, Victor Hugo, the author of Les Miserables, was living on the island of Guernsey.  His daily routine could only be described as cartoonishly virile. He rose at dawn, drank his morning coffee, ate two raw eggs, and wrote until 11:00 AM while standing at a small desk overlooking the English…

Yesterday wasn’t a very focused day for me — I got work done, but I also researched a bunch of newish personal interests (mostly programming and cycling), played an iPhone trivia game with my kids, read a bunch of online articles, and did very little of the writing I’d planned.…

You don’t own the business. You might not choose your own work hours, but you can still use the productivity tips shared here yesterday by entrepreneur, Mark Ford. I asked Mark, “How does an ambitious Early to Rise reader, particularly employees, create a perfectly productive day when they must stick…

Today marks what would have been the 272nd birthday of the 5th most popular President in History, according to the New York Times. Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father, the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and the 3rd President of the United States of America, holding office from…

The fifth most powerful woman in the world, Sheryl Sandberg the COO of Facebook, is driven. successful, and uses this rule to get home for dinner.

Here is a simple but profound plan to immediately multiply your productivity. Don’t let the simplicity fool you. I’m not talking about doing more activity – more work in less time. I mean more accomplishment – more productivity (results, money, goal attainment)… all while living a much more stress free…

Once upon a time, as the consulting legend goes, a young man named Ivy Lee was asked to help an American captain of industry be more productive. According to Earl Nightingale, the author who made the story famous, young Lee delivered a simple solution. He found most employees wasted their time…

Over a leisurely lunch recently, a good friend lamented that he was “too busy” to read. I smiled. Our meal lasted an hour and a half. We then strolled to a nearby restaurant, evaluating the menu for an upcoming dinner party. My friend then headed to a meeting about a…

It was a regretful moment. Three days after it happened, I received an email. “Craig,” my friend David wrote, why did we have that meeting if you were going to spend your time focused more on your email than participating in the discussion? Ouch. How embarrassing. I had let my good…