This is a great book for Getting Things Done. Read my summary, then buy the book
A recommended productivity stack for MSPs
Some great ideas in here to help you get more done in 2021
How MSPs can find + properly brief a virtual assistant
If you’ve got to the end of another week, and YET AGAIN you’ve got a bunch of tasks in your MSP that you just haven’t completed, it’s time to start doing things differently.
Midweek monotony? 3 ways to keep yourself motivated right now
A confession: Last week I suffered from a temporary, but severe case of CBA* (Can’t Be Ars*d) The week started OK. But by Thursday morning all my motivation had melted …
Video: CWDash deep dive
If you use ConnectWise Manage, this is absolutely for you. You might have seen in my podcast yesterday that I interviewed Joe Pannone of CWDash. It’s a free dashboard that …
Video: Millions of MDF unclaimed by MSPs
MDF = Marketing Development Funds. Money that vendors put aside for MSPs to spend on marketing, in order to sell more of the vendor’s stuff. And there’s a ton of …
2020 Focus area 5) The will to act
This series of 5 articles is designed to help you reflect and focus on what’s most important to you in 2020. Previous articles: 2020 Focus area 1) Know what you …
Your overflowing hassle bucket (and the DOA relief tap)
Every one of us has a hassle bucket inside our head. It’s a measure for how much hassle we can deal with at any one time. Some people’s buckets are …
Flowcharts, checklists and video briefs (the secrets of DOA)
One of my favourite acronyms is DOA. No, it doesn’t stand for Dead On Arrival (although that’s what you’ll be if you keep trying to do everything yourself). It stands …
Broken windows theory: It’s why you mustn’t take s##t from your staff
Have you heard of broken windows theory? No, it’s nothing to do with problems upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10… It’s a policing theory that if you permit small …