Monthly Archives: November 2011

Establish Daily Routines by Scheduling them on the Calendar

In a discussion between Daniel Pink, author of Drive, and Jim Collins, author of the latest bestseller, Great By Choice, Mr. Collins submits that the fantastic success of a 10Xer, a company that beat their industry standards of performance by 10 fold (only 7 companies out of 20,400 were selected) was creative innovation combined [...]

Schedule Time to Schedule

It keeps coming up in my daily calls with accountability partners:

Planning for the day and the week allows for one to be more intentional and waste less time on less important tasks and thereby get more done and feel more effective.
In order to move an idea on a list into existence, the task needs to [...]

Surprise!

Whoa!  Surprised?  Automatic Appointments is posting again?  Admission:  It’s only been… 2 years and 2 months since I last posted.  A bunch of details of my life have changed; I’ve changed homes, changed jobs, divorced and my 2 beautiful, young and growing children are… older.
A bunch of details in my life haven’t changed:  I’m looking [...]