Consider Three Main Traits When Hiring I want to talk about hiring. A lot of people ask me questions about how do I select an employee for a job that I've got. I recommend thinking about three things: character, attitude and skills. Character deals with issues of integrity, work ethic, punctuality, they show up when they say they're going to show up, diligence, perseverance, following through, getting things done that they're supposed to get done. Hospitality is a character trait...

Mastering the Art of Planning: There’s an old saying that goes something like this: In order to master your life, you must master your week. In order to master your week, you must first master your day. It sounds a bit like something Yoda would say, I’ll give you that, but these are words to live by. If you’re going to put effort into the process of capturing and organizing all of those tasks, then this final step is where...

Best Tips to Organize Your Tasks: Capturing is half the battle. The rest of the fight takes place in the way you organize your tasks. Writing down the things that you need to remember on index cards will only get you so far, I’m sorry to say. If we all stopped there, we would simply have piles of index cards all over our desks and kitchen counters. If the goal of capturing things is to act on them so that...