The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 177) Time is a Dojo: Learn to Enter, Focus, and Leave with Intention 🥋 Time is a dojo—are you showing it the respect it deserves? In martial arts, every session begins with intention: ✅ Bowing in to leave distractions behind ✅ Listening to your Sensei ✅ Respecting fellow students ✅ Controlling your movements Why don’t we do the same with our time? Too often, we start our workday mid-scroll… …or never truly “leave”...
23 days ago • 3 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 176) Time-Optimized Job Interviewing – Part 3 Control 🚨 Why You Might Be Losing Control in Job Interviews 🚨 You’ve prepared thoroughly. You’ve executed your plan. But what happens when the interview takes an unexpected turn? In the final installment of the Time-Optimized Job Interviewing series, I share a personal story of a moment when I lost control in an interview—and how it cost me the job. In this article, I...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 175) Time-Optimized Job Interviewing – Part 2 Execution 💥 You don’t rise to the level of your resume. You fall to the level of your preparation and execution. 💥 I watched a candidate literally RUN out of an interview. Not because they weren’t smart. 📌 Interviewing is a PERFORMANCE. 📌 You’ve got limited time to show what you’ve got. 📌 And if you’re Googling answers mid-interview… it’s already over. Stop winging it....
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 174) Time-Optimized Job Interviewing – Part 1 Preparation 🚨 In a job search, time is opportunity! 🚨 You’ve got 30 or 60 minutes in an interview. That’s it. No second chances. I watched a candidate burn HALF the interview talking about himself. 💣 28 minutes of rambling! Not because he wasn’t smart. Not because he didn’t have experience. But because he didn’t PREPARE with intention. 👇 Don't fall into a time trap: ✅...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 173) A "Born-Again" Post-Career Life Can you be born again after your career ends? My mom’s financial advisor used to tell her: "Karen, you’re not using much of your retirement portfolio. There are so many things you could be doing." As her health declined, the chance to embrace new experiences slipped away. More than five years after her passing, I find myself reflecting: What if she had seen retirement as a new...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 168) Climbing or Descending? Navigating the Boomer Stairway to Retirement The Boomer Stairway is coming—and it’s going to reshape the financial industry. Over the next 10 years, more than 70 million baby boomers will transition into retirement. That’s 10,000+ people every day, creating a massive demographic shift that financial advisors cannot afford to ignore. A retirement surge that peaks around 2030, when all...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 167) Respecting Time: A Leadership and Team Imperative Authority should not override need. Urgency is not permission to disrupt. Your need does not dominate everyone else. In the corporate world, people do not seem to respect each other's time. It is not done intentionally. Most of the time it is not even realized. Yet, it is having a negative impact on morale and productivity. Take a look at see what leaders and...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 166) Time Abundance and Scarcity at the Same Time Yes, people experiences time temporal challenges on earth. It is not just the stuff of Star Trek. We often envision retirement as endless freedom, but the reality is far more complex. Many retirees find themselves caught in a paradox - sometimes overwhelmed with commitments, other times struggling to fill empty hours with meaning. There are ways to prepare: -...
3 months ago • 2 min read
The Time-Optimized Newsletter Helping move time from finite to infinite (issue 164) The Pain of Perfection The phase “production before perfection” has been a proverb for many years. Are you stuck in the endless cycle of planning, tweaking, and never launching? For 15 years, I’ve carried one powerful phrase from Tony Jeary’s Strategic Acceleration that focused my approach to my career: “Production before perfection.” This simple concept has saved me from: - The paralysis of overthinking - The...
4 months ago • 2 min read