THE PRIORITY PROCESS

Have you ever started a project that did not have clear expectations? The sort of assignment where it seemed like the key shareholders...

The first time I heard about 'invisible scripts' was from Ramit Sethi when I first started working. He wrote a lot about the psychology...

There are typically two responses post-job loss, inertia and action imperative. I know that I lean more towards the action end of the...

That's a sentence that none of us ever want to hear. I know that I didn't. But that's exactly the news that I was given at the end of...

Last spring was pretty WILD. Between the lockdown kicking off, protests, an election year, and a constant sense of foreboding about my...

Here is one of the most persistent misconceptions that you'll encounter in almost every organization, high-performing, capable...

Early in my career, I remember hearing about work-life balance but my urge to demonstrate that I was competent largely meant that I...

I recently started a new job and fell into the same trap as so many others fall into early on. Everything is amazing. This will be the...

I’m an advocate that there is no one right way of doing anything. While generalizations can be made of people in general, on an...

Procrastination often gets a bad rap, and there’s a good reason for that. People seen as procrastinators are often labeled as unreliable,...

Happiness will always mean different things to different people. For some of us, it may be a number in a bank account. For others, it may...

Have you ever notice that once you get into a groove at work, that’s when you get hit with some boring, difficult, and uninspiring...

This has been a particularly stressful, anxiety-inducing, marathon of a week and I’d just like to take a moment to sit with that. If...

Have you ever seen that movie Steve Jobs with Michael Fassbender? Ok, I’ve never seen it either but, I’m a bit of a weirdo for movies and...

You may be brand new to your career or you may have been working for a decade, but at some point, we all start to question whether or not...

Over the past week, as I’ve connected with my co-workers and other colleagues. I’ve noticed a pattern that shouldn’t really be...

One of the most frustrating things that I encountered when I first started my career was the discovery that there were mythical, unicorn...

It’s natural for our productivity to ebb and flow. We go back and forth heavy workloads and lighter days. However, despite the workload,...

I won’t bury the lead, the answer is diet and exercise. You know, I know, even the dog knows. The WHAT is easy. It’s the HOW that’s...

I’m an immigrant. I grew up in Jamaica and lived there until I finished high school, before heading off to college. ‘From your eyes were...

So…who had plans for 2020? How’s that working out? When I look at the 2020 Tentative Goals that I had in my Notes app, well, I still feel...

Last week, we launched the Priority Process Coaching. I'm happy to announce that the winner of the copy of Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is...

Does this sound like your typical day? Never-ending email Constant requests from your customers or manager Objectives that you can't ever...

COVID-19 has changed the world. Work has changed, running errands have changed and it’s all been punctuated by a lot of FEAR and...

Recently, I had the pleasure of having a chat with Christine Teh. Christine is a financial coach and tax strategist that I met here an...

During this new world of quarantine living, our schedules (or lack thereof) have become a major talking point. Admittedly, I struggled...

Fear and anxiety have become a part of the fabric of life in the last few weeks. How long will we continue to have jobs, access to food...

The motto of my alma mater is Defy Convention. I always thought it was a daring statement. There is a challenge there. Be different....

“There’s no ‘I’ in team.” We have all heard it before and know what it means. The collective good takes precedence above the individual...

Should your career provide fulfillment? Sure, why not? Thank you for attending my Ted Talk. Personal fulfillment is a topic frequented by...

How do you go about planning for a new goal? If you’re like most of us, you’ll probably start with all the amazing and important reasons...

You are going to receive criticism. It’s going to happen at work, school…church. It’s a normal part of how people interact with each...

When young professionals are equipped with tools for professional and career development early, it creates a seismic shift in business...

Here are the two opinions you often see at the beginning of the year - 1. New Year’s provides an opportunity to reset. You can tap into...

Pursuing any worthwhile goal requires time, energy and effort. Sprinkle in healthy doses of consistency and accountability and you are...

Managers are PEOPLE too. It seems obvious enough but here is why we often don’t view our managers as just people when we are young in our...

Careers often have a life of their own, often despite our best efforts. My career has had a lot of twists and terms. I lived in 3...

Most of what I’ve learned about the working world has come from my own experience or the experience of my colleagues and friends. None of...

I recently finished reading The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell and here are my big three takeaways - the Law of...

Back in 2012, I was entering the working world for the first time, for real. Before that, I’d had internships, jobs and even lived on my...

I struggle with anxiety. I haven't been diagnosed. I don't get panic attacks. But, I experience anxiety deep in the pit of my stomach...

There is no perfect job. What I mean is that there is always some aspect of what we do in our day to day work lives that’s not our...

Back in 2011, I was hitting a stride. I had recently graduated as a chemical engineer. I completed an internship with General Electric...

When I was in college, the only books I read were textbooks. At the time, it bothered me because I was in the explorative, thinking phase...

Outside of being number 1 reason in the introverts handbook for avoiding people, busyness has become the default mode for most of us. In...

Tip # 1. Just leave. Alright everyone, thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. Goodnight! But seriously, I say that to remind anyone reading...

I once had an interview where I was very casually asked if I knew how to use a piece of software. The short answer is that I didn’t know....

Hands down the most important tool I use to prioritize my workflow is a list. More specifically it’s a list that I store electronically...

Do you know that feeling when you finally know what you’re doing? It could be learning a new skill, playing a new sport or making a new...

I have a confession to make; I’m a little bit obsessed with the idea of growth. It may even be more accurate to say that I’m a little...