Category: Productivity
Failure As Fuel
You know the feeling (I know I do)… you give it your best, yet still come up short. And so we bury and try to forget those experiences. But what if those experiences actually hold the key to moving forward? If you’ll give me 2 1/2 minutes, I’ll show you a powerful way to reframe...Continue reading
It’s No Longer 2017 (Duh)
Want to be more efficient and productive? Don’t start by asking “How can we do this better?” Instead ask, “Should we be doing this at all?” I recently spoke with my good friend (and wildly talented life coach) Wes Wiley about the content I was putting together on HeyPorter.com and the conversation turned to video....Continue reading
Triangles vs. Violins: How to Be Heard
For a moment, think about an orchestra and all its different instruments, then consider this question… Which can be heard, the violin section or the triangle? * Obviously, the answer is ‘both’ – but without question, those strings are louder, right? Not only louder, but there are more of them, often 20-40 violins in a...
It’s Okay to Hate Hard Work
You don’t have to like eating right and exercising. In fact, it’s okay if you hate those things. You just have to hate eating right and exercising slightly less than you hate being out of shape. You don’t have to like working hard. In fact, it’s okay if you hate working hard. You just have...Continue reading
How to Get What You Want More Often (Seriously)
There’s a concept I learned about several years ago that has benefited me tremendously. It’s a radically different way of thinking about negotiation. Now I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word negotiation, I immediately picture something like haggling over the price of a car or negotiating for a salary or for...Continue reading
Big Announcement!
I’m excited to let you know about the launch of the HeyPorter.com YouTube channel. We’ll cover the same subjects there that we do here – Creative Leadership, Productivity, Marketing, Decoding Success – just with way less reading and way more moving pictures. Hope you’ll check it out, hit that ‘Subscribe’ button, and maybe even tell...Continue reading
Destroy Challenges By Asking These 9 Questions
A problem doesn’t have to be huge to feel overwhelming. Sometimes it’s the small, but persistent challenges that wear on us the most. And in worst-case scenarios, we’re assailed not just by the problem itself, but by the attendant problems springing from our fear and paralysis. But regardless of size or seriousness, twisty problems can...Continue reading
Quarantine Economy: What’s Working Now
I was honored to be interviewed on a new live online series called Live Stream Tampa Bay. It’s produced by a group called Kestum Bilt (more on them shortly) and features a wide variety of guests – on this episode alone, everyone from comedians to filmmaker Dan Myrick (The Blair Witch Project). WHAT’S WORKING NOW?...Continue reading
First Time Working From Home? Read This.
Our youngest (a toddler at the time) quietly approached me as I typed on my laptop, climbed up the side of my chair, then furrowed in between my body and the chair back. For stage two, he proceeded to clamber up my back, as if summiting Everest, and park himself on my shoulders, his tiny...Continue reading