Tony Schwartz's Blog

Women (and Men) Can Have It All
Renewal
June 25, 2012
Annie Marie Slaughter's article in the current Atlantic titled "Why Women Still Can't Have It All" had a familiar ring — hauntingly so.
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Share This With Your CEO
Leadership
June 18, 2012
Recently, I was giving a talk to 160 senior executives at a large bank. As part of the talk, I asked them to fill out something we call "The Energy Audit," as a way of assessing how well they are managing their own energy. It happened that they had access to individual polling devices, so we were able to aggregate their answers and show them on the screen in the front of the room.
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A 90-Minute Plan for Personal Effectiveness
Mental Needs
June 13, 2012
For nearly a decade now, I've begun my workdays by focusing for 90 minutes, uninterrupted, on the task I decide the night before is the most important one I'll face the following day. After 90 minutes, I take a break.To make this possible, I turn off my email while I'm working, close all windows on my computer, and let the phone go to voicemail if it rings.
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The Art of Letting Go
Emotional Needs
June 6, 2012
It's one of the hardest things in the world to do, probably because it runs so counter to our powerful and primal need to feel safe, loved, and successful.For most of my life, I prided myself on relentless perseverance in the face of obstacles, and a refusal to give up on any goal or client I was pursuing. Letting go felt like failure or rejection, and both were nearly unbearable to me.
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