As a free-lance photographer, I do most of my work from home when I'm not doing a photo shoot. Having come from a corporate 9-5 environment, the change to being a full time photographer working alone was difficult, but I have found a few things that work for me in terms of staying focused and on track.

We all want to live in the now, but can you imagine what it would be like if every time you drove a car it was like the first time you were behind the wheel? Rather than trying to be free of habits, I think the “strategic deployment” of habit makes more sense.

One of my favourite things to do is sit in a cafe reading a good book with a friend who's also reading. There are those great little moments when you read something interesting and say "hey, listen to this..." So, I thought: why not do that virtually with Twitter. Over the week, I'll be sending out tweets as I'm reading Incognito: the secret lives of the brain by David Eagleman.

Have you ever been around a really precocious child that keeps asking why? Sure, it can get annoying, but the kid is on to something. As adults we forget to ask why - and then KEEP asking why until we really get to the heart of it

Here at Emotus we are all about the Aim > Act > Reflect cycle and generally it seems like the hardest part for most people is the "Reflect" part. For many people, I think, it's a low-grade fear that if we look back at how we've been doing, we'll be really disappointed.

The results are in! Here are two Word Clouds the show responses to the survey yesterday - how you feel when you’re in the Sweet Spot AND how you feel when you’re not. It’s not too surprising that if feels a whole lot better (and more productive) when you’re in the Sweet Spot – but what happens when you look a little deeper?

We want to help you regularly find and stay in that Sweet Spot where all the pieces line up, the enthusiasm flows, and you're ready to take on the next challenge to make it happen. That requires taking small steps regularly and changing habits. And most of us could use a buddy and little friendly reminder from time to time. Our new "daily nudge" is all about that.

I've told you all about my ideas around time management and my little experiment to test it out. So, not it's time to come clean on how the system is working.

In the last two posts, I told you about my idea for a new time management system and some of the nitty-gritty about how I set up my list. The goal is really about attention and energy management, though. So, the key to an effective system for me is that it helps me focus on what is important in a way that helps me keep my energy flowing. So, here's how that works.

In my last post, I told you about a new time management system I'm trying out. I thought I would tell you a little bit about the "heavy lifting" I do each week to arrange and prioritize my tasks. I tried to keep the post short, but it covers the hardest part of the work.