At the start of each new year, I reflect on what I want to do differently than the year before. Sometimes I want to start something new. But other times, I want to stop a habit that doesn’t serve me and only wastes my time and energy. A habit that I see a lot in myself and in our culture in general that I think doesn’t serve us is apologizing when we cry. Please note, crying is not the habit I want to stop. I think crying is vulnerable, cathartic, beautiful, and human. But apologizing for crying…now that is something that I personally want to stop doing and to encourage others to halt as well. And this is why.

Use the Fancy Gifts

This is a PSA to all of my fellow pack rats out there: USE THE FANCY GIFTS.

Find the Others

Being habitually busy is one of the most devious forms of procrastination.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, OthersJason HenkelDecember 31, 2021Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Others

Merry Year-End!

As we head into the last week of the year, we want to wish you all the best. May you have all the time you need and want to relax and rejuvenate before the start of our new year. We are grateful for all of you.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time ManagementJason HenkelDecember 24, 2021Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management

Perspective Reset

I often discuss stress with clients who are feeling really out of sorts with their workload, especially as it relates to feeling like they have an "unfair" or even "unjust" workload.

Guerilla Kindness

I just love the holiday season. It’s a time when people’s hearts seem to be more open than the rest of the year. And it’s the perfect time of year when I like to practice some random acts of kindness.

Slow Is Calm; Calm Is Fast

One of the primary reasons we enjoy showing students the path to calm, deliberate, and authentic ways of organization and handling daily workflow is because of the "stillness" that can be found.

Thankful for YOU!

Happy Thanksgiving Focus to Evolve blog readers! On this day of reflection, we want to extend our sincerest gratitude to you, our readers: past, present, and future; near and far.

Mission

Today's blog will be the shortest ever written but one that we at Focus to Evolve are most proud of. We want to share our mission, and if it resonates with you, please contact us.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, MissionJason HenkelNovember 18, 2021Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Mission

Celebrate Your Victories

We’re nearing year-end, and it’s a time when I start to look ahead to the next year and what I want the future to look like. But I also make sure I take some time at year-end to look back and celebrate everything that I accomplished in the past year.

600 Pounds on My Shoulders

There have been times during our Balance and Productivity trainings when very well organized, hardworking students will contact me afterwards and advise that despite implementing many of the modalities we teach, they still have too many days that feel like the weight of the world is on their shoulders.

The Force of a Power Hour

When I was on maternity leave with my son, I knew that I needed to make self-care a priority. I, like most new mothers, had heard the stories of new moms not taking time to shower or do anything for themselves with a new baby in the house and feeling burned out as a result. I knew that I would definitely burn out if I didn’t make time to take care of myself.

Being Specific - No Hall Passes

During our productivity trainings, I've found that a very common feedback statement from the folks who don't like feeling behind on email and work but also aren't really in the mood for the real change that is required is: "Jason, I really love everything you showed us here today - seriously profound stuff, but this probably won't work for me."

Smart or Learner

My life changed the day I started identifying as a learner instead of being pinned to whether I was smart or not.

Managing Tasks: Taking Time to Save Time

In our Outlook Balance and Productivity training sessions, we teach clients how to utilize tasks to keep them on top of everything they need to do in their lives. Recently, one of my clients observed that with the new method she is taking a lot of time managing tasks and not working. A synopsis of my response to that very good observation is below.

Meeting Culture - Time for a Shift?

Below is an actual email to a client who just put their company through our Balance & Productivity program. The question that came to us was about how many darn meetings they have. Take a look at my response.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, MeetingsJason HenkelSeptember 24, 2021Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Meetings

Save Time Making Decisions

Have you ever had a hard time making a decision? When making decisions in my own life, when I can’t figure out the answer using my brain, I then turn to my deeper decision-making systems. Often, if my brain can’t figure something out right away, my heart/gut knows the answer.

Mistake or Choice

A big part of what we teach in our Balance and Productivity training is around learning the craft of distraction management.

Tidy Workspaces

Our surroundings can pull us toward our intentions or away from them. If your physical desk and/or computer desktop are unregulated messes, you are most likely losing time and energy to your environment.

Not Being Now

In one of my binge sessions with Dr. Joe Dispenza, he said that we humans are really good at spending "now" picking "yesterday" up and plopping it down onto "tomorrow."

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, NowJason HenkelAugust 27, 2021Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Now