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The State of Productivity in 2022

Full Focus recently surveyed more than 200 high-achievers across 10 key productivity categories to find out how they’re getting things done. What we learned is that the pandemic accelerated a number of trends related to flexible work hours, remote work, and so much more.

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3 Successful Innovation Insights Learned from the History of the Full Focus Planner

When the Full Focus Planner was developed, we had no idea that it would take off and become over half of our business. Five years and one million planners later, Michael Hyatt, Megan Hyatt Miller, and Chief Product Officer Joel Miller talk about the three valuable insights they learned that transformed their business.

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3 Essential Tasks an Executive Assistant Can Do for You

There is no position that is more important for a successful business owner than finding a world-class Executive Assistant. But, despite this simple fact, many leaders and business owners either don’t have an EA or they don’t use their EA effectively.

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Bonus: Michael’s EA Spills the Beans!

Listen: As a leader with enough on your plate, you simple need an executive assistant. If you already have an EA, it’s important that you’re leveraging as much value as you can out of this vital role within your company.

In case we haven’t convinced you of the importance of a world-class EA, then this episode is for you. Michael speaks with Jim Kelly. Jim has been Michael’s EA for over five years and is truly one of the best! Listening to these two speak about their relationship and their roles will help you understand not only why you need an executive assistant.

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4 Simple Rules for Effective Delegation

Delegation is essential to successfully and sustainably scale your business. If you’ve struggled with delegation in the past, no worries. You can vastly improve your delegation by following these four simple rules that Michael and Megan use every day.

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3 Truths to Change How You Experience Stress

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The Rules Don’t Apply to Me! (or, How NOT to Be an Entitled Leader)

It can be easier and more comfortable to spot the entitlement we see in others, but much more difficult to name it in ourselves. And often, when there’s an entitlement issue within our organization, it’s a top-down problem that needs to be addressed. 

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3 Fears Facing Business Owners in Today’s Market

We’re all trying so hard to be confident that we rarely talk about our fears. But the fears don’t go anywhere. When we’re willing to face our fears, we grow even more in confidence and courage.

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5 Mistakes Every Business Owner Makes

All leaders are vulnerable to mistakes. In fact, you may be in the middle of a mistake right now—and you might not even realize it. But how are you supposed to know what those are? And what can you do to avoid them?

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5 Tools for Attracting and Retaining Top Talent

We’re in an unusual time where hiring is really difficult. Recruitment is extremely competitive, and candidates have a lot of options. But once you find the right people, how do you make them want to stay? Hiring and retention are equally and critically important, and neither have ever been more challenging than in this current market.

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3 Communication Fails to Avoid

You have a vision for your business, your team, and your day-to-day workflow. But the more people who are added to the mix, the more likely misunderstandings will happen. No matter how hard you try, things still get lost in translation. It costs time, money, and momentum. Maybe we’re not as good at communicating as we thought. Does communication really have to be that hard?

The truth is, it doesn’t. You can make sure the people around you get the right message the first time—every time. How? By avoiding what’s causing the issue in the first place. Most communication breakdowns can be traced back to one of three things:

No communication. This is communication that is unclear because it isn’t expressed. Sometimes we think we communicated something, but then our team’s confusion tells us otherwise. Thinking about communicating and actually doing it are different things. Maybe you have important information just rattling around in your head that could affect the outcome of a project, but you don’t get around to telling your team. Everything becomes muddy, and no resolutions are ultimately met. The solution is to take ownership of your communication.

Garbled communication. This is communication that’s expressed but unclear. It’s too vague to really be understood. If people have to guess at the meaning, the communication probably falls into this category. This usually boils down to a lack of clarity in your own mind. This is also one of the main reasons that delegation fails. The people around you can’t give you what you want if you don’t know what that is. You have to be explicit and precise if you want predictable results. Otherwise, people will act on their own interpretation, intuition, or best guess. The solution is to get clear on your own thinking before you communicate with others.

Implied communication. This is communication that is expressed but perhaps not fully, and so it is only clear to you and not others. You’re left frustrated, because people don’t respond as you’d like. Often, there’s a gap between what you think you’re communicating and what the people around you understand, because they don’t have the baseline understanding that you already do. You think they should know what you want since it’s so clear to you, but they don’t. It might feel tedious, but you need to spell things out. The solution is to overcommunicate.

You can communicate clearly every time by making your communication explicit and precise. And to arrive there, you need to avoid these three communication fails. Thankfully, good communication is a skill anyone can learn. Use every day as an opportunity to practice and hone your skills. Little by little, your communication will get better. And not only will communication be cleared up, but you’ll gain further clarity about what you want for your business, your team, and your role.

What’s the biggest challenge you fall into when trying to communicate?

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3 Mistakes Leaders Make When Delegating

It’s easy to think no one can do the work that needs to get done better than you. Sometimes it can also feel like passing work off actually creates even more work for you. But the truth is, there is likely someone who can do the job just as well, if not better, than you.

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4 Steps to Create a New Habit

Each of us have habits that affect how we move through our days. Whether it’s prepping our coffee makers the night before, exercising at the same time every day, loading the dishwasher a certain way, or just how we get ready for bed every night. These actions have become automated—our subconscious takes over and we don’t think about performing them anymore.

Because most of our habits were formed without much thought, the challenge so many of us face is how to create intentional new habits. We try to get into an exercise routine, but our strong start fades out. We decide to read before bed instead of binging shows, but eventually we let our tiredness overtake us. We plan on packing a lunch for work every day, but then opt to eat out instead—it’s just easier. Is there really any hope in creating a new habit that will last?

Just because you haven’t been successful in the past doesn’t mean you can’t be successful now. You need the right tool. You need the Habit Loop. Here are the four steps of the Habit Loop to help you create lasting habits.

Create an activation trigger. Set up a natural cue that will remind your subconscious of what you want to make happen. For example, if you want to journal every night before bed, leave your journal on your nightstand every morning.

Think through your response. This is the behavior you want to become second nature or automatic. What do you want to see happen? To get there, you’ll want your activation trigger to naturally elicit your desired outcome without having to put too much thought into it. By reducing the amount of thinking that goes into it, you’re able to enjoy what you’re doing more fully, or free your thoughts for other things.

Focus on the reward. By thinking about the feeling you’ll have or the end result from creating this habit, you position yourself for success. Keeping the final goal in sight will serve as a motivation to continue pushing forward, especially on days when you want to take a break or call it quits.

Keep doing it. Repetition is key to installing a new habit. You have to keep at it. Don’t beat yourself up if you miss a day or flub on an action. That will likely only make you miss another day. Instead, get right back at it if you fall off. Even if what you’re trying to do feels difficult or tedious, it’ll eventually get easier and more natural. Give yourself 60 to 90 days before the habit truly sticks and becomes second nature.

It’s never too late to begin a new habit. But creating habits that last takes time. So don’t let the process discourage you or pile on unnecessary stress. Sometimes new habit endeavors fail because people give up too soon. Trust the process and keep working through the steps of the Habit Loop.

What new habit do you want to create, and how can you stay on track?

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Five Signs That You’re Ready for a Business Coach

At a certain point in your career, it might not seem like an executive coach is necessary. Oftentimes we only think we need a coach when something is broken or wrong. And yet, the very best business leaders always have a coach. Even athletes who are at the top of their game have coaches, so why is this overlooked in our careers?

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Five Signs That You’re Ready for a Coach

At a certain point in your career, it might not seem like a coach is necessary. Oftentimes we only think we need a coach when something is broken or wrong. And yet, the very best leaders always have a coach. Even athletes who are at the top of their game have coaches, so why is this overlooked in our careers? 

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Five Signs That You’re Ready for a Coach

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Leadership Lessons from Pop Culture

Leadership lessons are everywhere if you’re looking for them—including on your TV screen. Movies and shows that explore the joys and griefs of being human reveal the impact of our behavior on relationships.

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