Time, Energy and Attention, Where are You Pouring Your TEA?

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 11, 2015 | Becoming Heroik, Field Notes, Heroik Culture, Innovation Lab, Lifestyle, Paper Practice, Simplicity, Work Culture

Track This: Where and how you spend your focused attention; time, energy and attention. The most important metric or currency of  these days seems to be our focused, attention time, composed of time, energy and attention (TEA). The modern audience of potential...

Creating Inbox Awesome: The Amazingly Successful Heroik Outreach Email Formula

by Nicholas McGill | Dec 11, 2015 | Business Development, Innovation Lab, Marketing, Productivity, Simplicity

Meeting someone once or twice is pretty easy. Creating a robust professional relationship requires work and TLC. You can run into the same person at a mixer or 3. Connecting in meaningful ways, or even reconnecting, proves to be an elusive skill for most. If...

7 Apps That Will Instantly Make You a Speed Reading Genius

by Nicholas McGill | Oct 28, 2015 | Becoming Heroik, Heroik Culture, Innovation Lab, Paper Practice, Productivity, Reviews, Simplicity

  It’s amazing to me, how many ambitious upstarts have the passion for new endeavor, yet hate to read and learn to reach their goals. If reading is a barrier to improvement for you, perhaps because you find it slow-paced, difficult or uninteresting, then you’re...

Free Download: Perk up Your Productivity With Some Cafe Ambiance

by Nicholas McGill | Aug 27, 2015 | Becoming Heroik, Innovation Lab, Mobility, Productivity, Simplicity

Recent studies show that a moderate level of ambient noise can boost productivity. Absolute silence makes it difficult to be creative. Too much noise can be distracting. The right mix of calm and productive cafe culture is just what the doctor ordered. According to a...

Total Recall: Learn in a Flash With Studyhive

by Nicholas McGill | Nov 7, 2014 | Apps, Heroik MBA, Innovation Lab, Lifestyle, Productivity, Simplicity, Technology

Everyone has something important they need to remember but, often our memories fade and decay over time. The likelihood of remembering a single piece of information decreases after each minute that passes. This is exacerbated by the fact that in the digital age, we’re...

Must Read: The Heroik Power of Headlines

by Nicholas McGill | Sep 23, 2014 | Becoming Heroik, Books, Gear, Heroik Culture, Heroik MBA, Innovation Lab, Marketing, Paper Practice, Productivity, Work Culture

There are many books out there disguised as how-to’s, prompting you to tell your story through social media, and to use it as a platform to build a more authentic brand. But let’s be real, most of these books are far removed of specifics with watered down...