Sending Love

It’s Valentine’s week, and we at Focus to Evolve want to take this opportunity to send you love.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, LoveJason HenkelFebruary 12, 2024Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Love

Permission to Nap - Granted

Naps have been a celebrated way to recharge batteries and even find inspiration for as long as our species has existed.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Permission, NapsJason HenkelFebruary 5, 2024Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Permission, Naps

Permission to Delete Out of Office Emails - Granted

One of my favorite counter-cultural activities is companies or individuals who go on vacation and auto-delete emails that are received when they are out of the office. Many workers don’t use all of their vacation days, and a big reason why they don’t use their time is because of the mountain of emails they have waiting for them when they return. Well, some companies and individuals have found a way to eliminate that issue.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, PermissionJason HenkelJanuary 29, 2024Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Permission

Permission to Exit Your Inbox - Granted

If you’re like most professionals, your email inbox is a siren that pulls you toward it nearly constantly all day every day. But what if I told you that many highly successful people do not incessantly check their emails? What if a big secret to many peoples’ success is discipline with their inbox and only checking it a certain number of times a day or at certain times?

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Inbox, PermissionJason HenkelJanuary 22, 2024Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Inbox, Permission

Permission to Sleep - Granted

So many of the stories I see equate success with deprivation. For example, if you want to be successful in [insert industry here], say goodbye to sleep. Hustle culture/deprivation stories have never appealed to me. I’m attracted to tales of people who have accomplished much in life but also take care of themselves.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Sleep, PermissionJason HenkelJanuary 17, 2024Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Sleep, Permission

Permission Granted

I’m fascinated by stories of people who march to the beat of their own drums. They are counter-cultural and go against the grain of normal societal pressures; and in doing so, they create a new path for other people to follow. When I encounter an example of even one person who has traveled the path I intuitively feel is mine as well, their paved path lessens my anxiety and gives me permission in my own mind to walk that trail too.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Permission, GrantedJason HenkelJanuary 8, 2024Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Permission, Granted

Want To Manage Your Time Better in the New Year? We Can Help!

Do you have any of the following New Year’s resolutions? Be more productive. Get my to do list in order. Feel like I am controlling my email instead of it controlling me. Finding time to live my best life.

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Merry Year-End!

As we head into the last week of the year, we want to send you our very best wishes. May you have all the time you need and want to relax and rejuvenate with yourself and those you love before the start of 2024 and may all your New Year wishes come true. We appreciate all of you.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time ManagementJason HenkelDecember 24, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management

The Present of Presence

As we’re diving into the season of giving, I wanted to share some thoughts on the greatest gift we can give every day – true presence.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, PresenceJason HenkelDecember 17, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Presence

Save Your Holiday Preferences

I am so lucky to have a family and the ability to travel to be with them during Christmas. For about a week around that joyous holiday, we all gather in one house to make merry together. People from 3 or more households are living under one roof for an extended period of time, which means quite a few logistical concerns need to be handled.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Holiday Preferences, ChecklistJason HenkelDecember 11, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Holiday Preferences, Checklist

365 Gestures

My heart soars whenever I hear a story about special gestures that people gift to others, and that feeling makes me want to perform gestures for others myself.

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A Simple Thank You

One of my favorite bits of wisdom is:

“If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ― Meister Eckhart.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, ThankfulJason HenkelNovember 27, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Thankful

Thankful for You!

If you’re reading this post right now, know that I’m thankful for you. Time is our most precious commodity in this life, so thank you for taking time to read my words today and in the past. My hope is that your holiday season is full of love and reminders of all of the things that you can be thankful for as well.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, ThankfulJason HenkelNovember 20, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Thankful

Reminded of You

This holiday season, I’m going to challenge myself to make a conscious effort to notice daily when something reminds me of a person and reaching out to them to let them know I’m thinking of them.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, RemindedJason HenkelNovember 13, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Reminded

HR Like a Boss

I love to read books. I read a couple hundred books a year. This week, I read a book called HR Like a Boss: Your Guide to Amazingly Awesome HR by John Bernatovicz. Why does this book stand out among the hundreds this year? Here are some of the reasons.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Expert, Human ResourcesJason HenkelNovember 6, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management, Expert, Human Resources

Afraid Of Your Inbox?

Are you afraid of your email inbox? Do you wake up most mornings with dread of what’s lurking in there? Is it a wasteland of thousands of messages just hiding out, waiting to come back and bite you?

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time ManagementJason HenkelOctober 30, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management

Allocate a Task to Each Day

Most of us have time-consuming tasks that we need to perform weekly or with some other cadence of regularity. I’ve found that it often helps if I assign each of those tasks a specific day when I usually handle them.

Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time ManagementJason HenkelOctober 23, 2023Balance, Efficiency, Productivity, Time Management

Consider A Checklist for Complex Repetitive Processes

Are there processes or activities in your life that you perform repeatedly and have so many steps that you inevitably forget some of them? If so, it might be time to consider creating a checklist.