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Running

By David Werdiger | 2 min read

Running isn’t for everyone. It’s definitely not for me. But I’ve been thinking about whether everyo...

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Henry Ford & efficiency

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Henry Ford understood the power of pause more than 100 years ago. By introducing the assembly line, the build time fo...

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How to give a compliment post

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

The highest-leverage thing you’ll do today costs nothing. In investment, leverage means amplifying returns rela...

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Pause on the plane

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

As I was flying to LA I couldn’t help but realize how absurd inflight WiFi is. For decades, a flight was the one plac...

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Dedicated Screen Free Time

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

  We all wish we had more time with our families. So, the question becomes: how to make the most of the time you...

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Caller ID and the Loss of Greeting Etiquette

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

  Before caller ID, you picked up the phone and said “Hello” because you didn’t know who was c...

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Kristen Oliveri Post

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

What makes a good holiday? If you’re sitting glued to your phone, does it make a difference if you’re at home or at t...

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Marijuana & Social Media

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

  We weigh risk very strangely as a society. We passed emergency legislation to keep teenagers off social media....

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The Dollar Shave Club and Lost Agency

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

    Dollar Shave Club doesn’t sell razors. It sells you the removal of a decision. They took your age...

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Productivity culture runs like a hamster wheel. It just keeps running, at the same pace, going nowhere.

Do you manage your time like a hamster wheel or do you put a training program in place and find time to rest?

There's a scene in "Mad Men" where Don Draper is asked what he thought about Hawaii, and instead of talking about beaches, he talks about becoming someone else. Not a version of himself with better tan lines and a Mai Tai. A different person. One who, for a few days, didn't miss

I recently took one of the best holidays of my life, and I never left the resort.

Turns out the destination is beside the point. What you're actually chasing is a change of pace, and if your holiday runs on the same schedule as your working week, you've just moved the treadmill

We have strategies for our careers, our finance, our help.

Pleased to announce a program to help answer an important question: “what’s your strategy for your time?”

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