productive Archives - https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/tag/productive/ Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:38:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The War of Art https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/02/05/the-war-of-art/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/02/05/the-war-of-art/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:45:31 +0000 David Taylor http://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=1537 This week’s book summary is The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Pressfield does a stellar job of defining what “Resistance” is and how it prevents each of us from reaching our full potential. He has written this book in such a simple, yet profound prose, that anyone can read and understand it – and everyone […]

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]]> This week’s book summary is The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Pressfield does a stellar job of defining what “Resistance” is and how it prevents each of us from reaching our full potential. He has written this book in such a simple, yet profound prose, that anyone can read and understand it – and everyone […]

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]]> https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2018/02/05/the-war-of-art/feed/ 0 What is the Recipe for Powerful and Effective Meetings? https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/11/22/what-is-the-recipe-for-powerful-and-effective-meetings/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/11/22/what-is-the-recipe-for-powerful-and-effective-meetings/#comments Thu, 23 Nov 2017 04:19:28 +0000 David Taylor http://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=1469

According to a University of North Carolina cross-industry study cited by HBR in their Stop the Meeting Madness article, 71% of senior leaders said that meetings are unproductive and inefficient. In addition to this, they said that meetings: Keep them from completing their required work (65%) Come at the expense of deep thinking (64%) Miss […]

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According to a University of North Carolina cross-industry study cited by HBR in their Stop the Meeting Madness article, 71% of senior leaders said that meetings are unproductive and inefficient. In addition to this, they said that meetings: Keep them from completing their required work (65%) Come at the expense of deep thinking (64%) Miss […]

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]]> https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/11/22/what-is-the-recipe-for-powerful-and-effective-meetings/feed/ 3 Hustle https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/10/15/hustle/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/10/15/hustle/#respond Sun, 15 Oct 2017 06:51:38 +0000 David Taylor http://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=1433 This week’s book review is Hustle by Jesse Tevelow. This is an intriguing book that was written, formatted and published in seven days! Tevelow was basically proving his point – when you hustle, you can get things done. Procrastinating gets nothing done. As Tevelow says, “When you take action and put things out into the […]

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]]> This week’s book review is Hustle by Jesse Tevelow. This is an intriguing book that was written, formatted and published in seven days! Tevelow was basically proving his point – when you hustle, you can get things done. Procrastinating gets nothing done. As Tevelow says, “When you take action and put things out into the […]

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]]> https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/10/15/hustle/feed/ 0 8 Ways to Build a High Trust Culture https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/06/14/8-ways-to-build-a-high-trust-culture/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/06/14/8-ways-to-build-a-high-trust-culture/#comments Thu, 15 Jun 2017 03:47:10 +0000 David Taylor http://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=1370

Low trust cultures are unproductive at best, but are usually toxic, stressful, litigious, and downright damaging in many ways. Contrast this with an organization where business leaders have built a high trust culture within their organization. These cultures experience: 50% higher workplace productivity 13% fewer sick days 76% more engagement at work Up to 50% […]

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Low trust cultures are unproductive at best, but are usually toxic, stressful, litigious, and downright damaging in many ways. Contrast this with an organization where business leaders have built a high trust culture within their organization. These cultures experience: 50% higher workplace productivity 13% fewer sick days 76% more engagement at work Up to 50% […]

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]]> https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2017/06/14/8-ways-to-build-a-high-trust-culture/feed/ 3 7 Simple Steps to Restore Function to Dysfunctional Meetings https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/07/20/7-simple-steps-to-restore-function-to-dysfunctional-meetings/ https://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/2016/07/20/7-simple-steps-to-restore-function-to-dysfunctional-meetings/#respond Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:40:47 +0000 David Taylor http://www.thinkingbusinessblog.com/?p=1067

Everyone is familiar with dysfunctional business meetings! The meetings where the people around the table or on the conference call are partially, if not completely, disengaged. You have people on Facebook, people texting, trading stocks, surfing the web, day dreaming and even taking cell phone calls in subdued voices like the rest of the people […]

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Everyone is familiar with dysfunctional business meetings! The meetings where the people around the table or on the conference call are partially, if not completely, disengaged. You have people on Facebook, people texting, trading stocks, surfing the web, day dreaming and even taking cell phone calls in subdued voices like the rest of the people […]

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