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Posts Tagged ‘Productivity’

Wired for Purpose — Week 5: Healthy Latency

By mearls | May 10, 2026
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Healthy latency creates space for better thinking, stronger decisions, and intentional leadership in fast-moving environments.

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Wired for Purpose — Week 4: Foundation

By mearls | May 3, 2026
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Most people run on default habits they never chose. Learn how to audit and reconfigure your daily systems for better focus and leadership.

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Wired for Purpose — Week 3: Foundation

By mearls | April 26, 2026
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A simple daily work journal can transform how you track decisions, lessons, and growth. Learn how leaders build self-observability.

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**AI Has an Ownership Problem.

By mearls | April 24, 2026
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AI doesn’t fail because of technology—it fails without clarity and ownership. Here’s how to move from disconnected pilots to real business outcomes.

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Wired for Purpose — Week 1

By mearls | April 13, 2026
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A simple morning routine for leaders to reclaim focus, clarity, and direction before the day takes over. Part of the Wired for Purpose series.

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AI Is Changing Work. But Not How You Think.

By mearls | April 6, 2026
AI is changing your work

AI isn’t just changing the work—it’s changing how we show up. From trust to communication to authenticity, this is the real shift most leaders are missing.

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Time Doesn’t Move. We Do.

By mearls | February 22, 2026
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Why time feels faster as we age, how presence expands it, and why life is about people—not just productivity or career.

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“Sounds Like Monday’s Problem” — A Lesson in Mental Boundaries

By mearls | February 12, 2026
Mental Boundaries Matter

A simple chocolate wrapper message reveals a powerful lesson about stress, focus, and protecting your mind with better mental boundaries.

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Improving Memory Starts With Better Notes

By mearls | January 25, 2026
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Struggling to remember meetings, ideas, or what you read? Science shows handwritten notes improve memory, focus, and recall. Here’s why slowing down works.

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Leadership, technology, and the human side of change. Author of three books on finding direction in a world that won't slow down.

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