What are your Most Valuable Activities?

Hi, I’m Dave Crenshaw, and I am here actually at Issimo Productions. I mentioned them in my last blog post and they are the ones that are working on the video production of my new Video Boot Camp. In fact, the editing is going on right now in the other room. Brandon is doing a great job of editing that up for me. So, I am going to be out here so I don’t disturb what he is doing, but I wanted to film from here to illustrate a principle that I talk about regularly, which is Most Valuable ActivitiesTM, your MVAs.

What’s Your Company Hammer?

For the video training this week, I would like to actually do something special. I am filming with Jason Smith of Magnum Manufacturing and he told me a story yesterday that really illustrates the principle of time assets and time liabilities. It’s “the company hammer.” As you are listening to this, I would like you to ask yourself the question, “Do we have a company hammer and is there something we can do to change that?”

Are You Irreplaceable?

Recently my publisher, Jossey-Bass, made an offer on my second book. They were the ones who published The Myth of Multitasking and we expect that the second book will probably be released in spring of 2010. So, I am very excited about it.

The book deals with one question. I want to give you a little sneak peek and also give you an opportunity to participate in the development of this book. The question is “Are You Irreplaceable?”

Conditioning for Success by Dave Crenshaw

One comment I hear from people occasionally is, “Dave, you must just have an incredible amount of discipline to be able to follow through with all this stuff.” My response I think surprises them a lot of times. I tell them that the reason why I stick to this program and the reason why the clients that I work with are still living it two to three years down the road isn’t because of discipline. It is because of conditioning.

Productivity Tips for Moms

One group that probably struggles with the issue of multitasking the most and I find myself helping quite a bit are moms. Whether they are stay-at-home moms or whether they are a woman who has a career and they are also acting as a mom, they have a unique set of challenges, because they are pulled in so many different directions. There are so many demands on their time.

So, what advice can I give for women who are really struggling with the issue of multitasking, but understand that it needs to stop?

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