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More on Multitasking...

Here is another email comment on the multitasking discussion, this time from Management Craft reader Michele:

Hi Lisa –

First – let me say that I love your blog/website/books … and have enjoyed (and shared with many!!) these e-mails tremendously!

Onto specifics …WOW … this response really resonated with me, and not in an entirely positive way (he has good points, but it doesn't address multi tasking!). What Dave is describing is part of my profession … and it's called Lean Thinking!  Yes – not a new idea, made famous by Toyota, fostered in this country by James Womack and the great minds at the Lean Enterprise Institute.

Lean, as most of us have learned, is the systematic and continuous identification and elimination of waste.  What could be more wasteful than sitting around doing nothing while you're waiting for a process to finish?  On this I agree!!  However, in today's world, the operational definition of "multitasking" is a far cry from that of "Lean" – multitasking is the ability of a person to perform more than one task at the same time.  How many meetings have you attended where you are so focused on your Blackberry that you miss a critical portion of the discussion?  How many times have you tried to complete tasks while participating on conference calls?  What was the quality of your participation/output for each of those?  Could it have been better if you had been focused?

I believe that the raging inefficiencies in Corporate America (exactly why do we meet 49 times to discuss the same topic without any progress???!?!!!!???) have led many of us to multitask – because it is one of the few ways we have to "eliminate waste" in our jobs …. But realistically, this useful multitasking has crept into areas where it is doing more harm than good.

I personally am tired of 24/7 e-mail/IM/cell phone contact.  None of that is nearly as important as taking the time to connect with our colleagues, friends, family, and environment – and giving them the respect of focus and participation in the current moment.  In business, I vote for focus, active participation, accountability, and rapid deployment of solutions.  Personally, I vote for watching a peaceful sunrise with my husband, listening to the birds swooshing over the water, drinking in the stillness of the new day any time … Blackberry be damned!

Kind regards,
Michele

Thanks for your comment, Michele! I am with you about the Blackberries and similar tools.

One thing I have not said before, but believe, is that there are some differences in how we handle switchtasking, as Dave Crenshaw calls it. Some of us are better at it than others based on our habits, skills, and natural tendencies BUT - and this is an important BUT - even the best switchers are reducing their potential focus and productivity.

And Michele's main point is important. Let's not skimp on how we connect with the people who are important to us.

As we head into the weekend, consider making this a no technology weekend - or a no multitaking weekend!

Leadership and the Presidential Candidates

Kevin Eikenberry offers this interesting post called, Which Presidential Candidate is the Best Leader? He has written a lot about leadership and is now applying his model of 12 characteristics to the candidates in a survey you can participate in. It will be interesting to see what Kevin's survey comes up with! Here are the characteristics of remarkable leadership according to Kevin:

• Champions Change   
• Communicates Powerfully   
• Builds Relationships   
• Develops Others   
• Focuses on "Customers"   
• Influences Impactfully   
• Thinks & Acts Innovatively   
• Values Collaboration & Teamwork   
• Solves Problems & Makes Decisions   
• Takes Responsibility & Accountability   
• Manages Projects & Processes   
• Sets Goals & Supports Goal Achievement   

Does your candidate pass the test? You can read more about these in Kevin's book called Remarkable Leadership.

I don't like to talk politics on this blog but I do have just one beef. Actually, I have many beefs, but will share only one. I am very disappointed in how UNPRESIDENTIAL Sarah Palin has seemed in TV interviews and the debate. Sure, she is likable and charming and sometimes funny, but I could not see her sitting across the table from other world leaders and representing us well. She seems more like a spokesmodel than a serious candidate.

What I find most interesting about politics is how people use very different criteria for selecting leaders. I bet that if we were held to the same standards for voting that we have for hiring people, things might be different. As it is, we engage in discriminatory "hiring" (selection by voting) because many of us use non-job related criteria for selection.

That said, if the theory of the wisdom of crowds is correct, we will still tend to get it right most of the time - as a collective.

This Multitasking Bad? Another View....

Dave, a Management Craft reader, sent me an email with his thoughts about multitasking. Because I love to share many points of view, I asked Dave if I could post his email and he said, "yes." Here it is. Thanks Dave!

Lisa,
I listened to your podcast this week with David Crenshaw about multitasking.  I was very intrigued by the comments made by both you and David.  I would agree that “scattered” multitasking is a time killer.  When jumping from one task to another it does take time to re focus your energy and your brain.  I do however disagree with the comments that you can not train to be a better multitasker and that multitasking is an old and outdated way to both manage your people/department/company and your projects.

First, we need to define or clarify multitasking.  I believe that there are Tasks of varying sizes and complexity that can be broken down into smaller sub sets or smaller tasks.   The example I will use is cooking a dinner. The large or main task is cooking the dinner, the sub sets are: BBQ the roast, bake the potatoes cook corn and make a soup.  If the roast takes 2hours to cook, the potatoes take 1 hr, the corn takes 20 minutes and the soup takes 1 hr, without multitasking the meal would take up to 41/2 hours to prepare and cook.  This can be reduced by over 50% by properly planning out the cook’s time.  While the roast is on the BBQ prepare the soup, while the roast and the soup are cooking prepare the potatoes, while the roast is on the, soup is cooking, the potatoes are cooking prepare the corn.  If everything has been planned and executed properly the roast, soup, potatoes and corn are all ready within a few minutes of each other.  The cook has successfully completed a series of tasks simultaneously, or in other words multitasked.  The time savings are significant and the project (Dinner) was a success.  The key to this being successful is paying attention and planning thinks out.  While the roast may take 2 hrs to prepare and cook it does not require constant attention.  Same for the soup, potatoes and corn.  Each task requires monitoring, which the cook can do while he is completing the other tasks.

Second, I do believe you can become better multitasker.  With training and experience you can learn from your mistakes and make your process better. In the above example if you over cook the roast because you were preoccupied with the soup, next time you will pay more attention to the BBQ to prevent the flare ups.  As business people we are always learning and improving.  If something does not work, we assess, rework if necessary and attempt again. 

The main reason for this email is to say that multitasking has its place, and can be very effective in both personal and professional life.  This happens when people are trained and managed properly on what multitasking is how it can be good and the pitfalls that can happen if it is not executed properly.

Dave

Fireside Chat with Dave Crenshaw - The Myth of Multitasking

Are you a multitasker? Check out this podcast!

During this 24 minute podcast, I chat with Dave Crenshaw, author of The Myth of Multitasking: How Doing it All Gets Nothing Done. If you have been reading Management Craft for a while, you know that I agree whole heartedly that multitasking can rob even the most hard working professional of his or her ability to focus on what's most important. If you suffer from an addiction or habit of multitasking, or manage employees who do, check out this podcast and Dave's new book. Focus, grasshopper!

You can listen to my podcast with the Dave Crenshaw by clicking here:

You can also download an MP3 version of the podcast here.

And just a reminder.....

Here is the Podcast Feed for the entire Fireside Chat podcast series:

To see the complete list of podcasts in this series, select the Podcasts and Webcasts category on this blog or see the list on my main website here.

You can also find this series on iTunes (and several other podcast sites), just search under my last name for Fireside Chat.

Stop Trying to Change Your Boss's Mind and Make His/Her Lousy Idea Work!

This is a true story (names have been changed).

When I worked for ABCXX, the CEO and owner had questions about whether the six person field sales team were a good investment - he doubted their ROI. For several years at quarterly planning meetings he voiced his concerns and questions, but each time the VP of Sales and  VP of Marketing were able to talk him out of getting rid of the team. Even so, he was never satisfied that he was getting his money's worth.

Then he decided. The sales team would be eliminated. The VP of Sales and VP of Marketing were disappointed and in shock and asked for my help. I got them and a few others together for a day long planning meeting.

You might think that the topic of the meeting was, "How do we change Drew's mind?" but this would be incorrect. The agenda for this meeting went as follows.

1. We know that Drew has made this decision and we know that you disagree. But it is Drew's company and we have seen this coming for years.

2. We need to stop fighting this decision because it is already made. We cannot influence the decision but we can influence how the change is made and what lies in place of the field sales force.

3. Today we are going to design the ideal transition plan for making Drew's decision work.

The day quickly shifted from one of trying to change Drew's mind to designing an alternative system that would make Drew's decision work. The result? ABCXX created (with Drew's eager support) a state-of-the-art online community for sales partners (the folks the former sales people called on) and provided online customizable selling tools for agents that were better than they had received in the past. They started a blog, webinars, and other programs that engaged travel agents in a new way that enhanced their ability to grow their business. Their sales grew to record numbers in the years following the elimination of the sales team.

It was a huge success because they gave up fighting for a different decision and instead poured their hearts and minds into making the "bad decision" a big success.

When I speak with the folks that were involved in this effort, they still remember this work fondly and as a major moment of growth in how to make a positive impact.

We need to make sure that we do not fall into the trap of defining success as "winning" or getting what we want. Success should be measured in terms of our impact to the growth and success of the organization.

Let's Spend Two Great Days Together in DC or Dallas!

Preview: This post tells you how to join me (and David Zinger and Terry Starbucker) in Dallas and DC for exciting conversations about state-of-the-art management.

ASTD (American Society for Training and Development) asked me to partner with them to provide a kick butt two day conference on developing great managers. My book by the same name is apparently a very popular seller for ASTD and they want to extend the conversation about management development.

The design for this two day conference is very cool.

It is a two day workshop whereby the participants will create and share many (maybe dozens, depending on the group size) of Power Hours - ready to take back to their workplace and use to help develop great managers.

What are Power Hours? A power hour is a one-hour informal learning conversation that is designed to get managers into discussions that will help them generate and implement new/renewed ideas to move the business forward and build their management and leadership craft.

All of the participants will get access to everything that's generated during the two days - no licenses, no limitations. Bottom line: Participants will leave the two days with years worth of management development materials and the ability to easily blend power hours into their training regimens.

Managers who develop managers, trainers of managers, and HR professionals are the target audience for this conference. Anyone interested in management and leadership will love it.

But there is MORE. You will work with me for most of the two days, but there will be a guest speaker - who I am calling the provocateur - that will spend 2-3 hours with the group talking about:

The new management skills and requirements - what are the emerging management topics that ought to be a part of your training programs but probably are not yet? Emerging, new, cutting edge, under recognized - we will be focusing on creating power hours for NEW or underdeveloped management topics.

That's why I am calling the guest speaker a provocateur - he will provoke our brains and create head spinning goodness that will then lead into our creative work for the rest of the conference. This is going to be an energizing two days.

I am thrilled to tell you that my guest speakers are people you might know and read on a regular basis! My "provocateurs" for this conference are:

David Zinger! David will be joining me in DC (Alexandria, actually) on December 9th and 10th.

Terry Starbucker! Terry will be joining me in Dallas on December 4th and 5th.

David and Terry are amazing and I am really looking forward to working with them. For those of you wondering how to pitch your desire to attend this conference to your boss - how does this sound?

When I come back from this conference I will have with me many hours of management development training we can use, reproduce and modify with no additional costs or caveats. No licensing, nothing more to buy. I will be set for great material for the next year. And I will be creating this material with a group of very smart professionals and we will be sharing all the work. This is an ASTD conference, so we can trust that it will be top notch and valuable.

And besides, with the strong economy and the drastic drop in fuel costs, the travel expenses will be very low. The take-aways from the conference will make this well worth the travel and conference expenses.

And besides, nobody gets any real work done between Thanksgiving and Christmas anyway, so I might as well go to the conference.  Early December is a great time to go because it will give me lots of information I can use to help us kick off a great 2009.

And besides, our current training topics are lame - the same ole stuff. People are sick of it. Our training could use some updating, this is a new world and managers have a lot more to deal with than they used to.

How about it, will I see you there? Drop me a note if you register.

Oh, here's one more thing that might really appeal to my blog readers - on the evening of the first day, I will invite you to an informal chat in the hotel lounge - we can talk about whatever you want.

I hope you join me. Let's do some great work together! You can find out more information about these conferences on the ASTD website here.

Also, pass this post along to the fine folks who work in your training departments, OK? (Especially if you think their training could use some updating.... :-)

Oh, this is going to be so much fun! Here's your not-so-subliminal visual.

Fireside Chat with Russ Edelman - Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office

Are you an overly nice guy/gal?  How do you know? Check out this podcast!

During this 30 minute podcast, I chat with Russ Edelman, co-author of Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office. You can download an excerpt from their website, Nice Guy Strategies. We talk about the all too common issue of whiplash (hear why I think this is another  name for not being a straight shooter) and some of the special challenges overly nice professional face and how they can improve their results.

You can listen to my podcast with the Russ Edelman by clicking here:

You can also download an MP3 version of the podcast here.

And just a reminder.....

Here is the Podcast Feed for the entire Fireside Chat podcast series:

To see the complete list of podcasts in this series, select the Podcasts and Webcasts category on this blog or see the list on my main website here.

You can also find this series on iTunes (and several other podcast sites), just search under my last name for Fireside Chat.

Missed the Anniversary Again - Best of Four Years

This is the fourth year I have missed this blog's anniversary date. I have missed it every year. Management Craft started in August 2004, so it turned four years old last month. 1227 posts and 2607 comments from you.

I have been struggling because I feel like I am starting to repeat myself. I guess this is natural and bound to happen after so many posts. According to Feedburner, here are the posts that you have clicked on the most:

Partner Better with Peers: Here Are Eight Ways

People Acumen (a guest post from Ram Charan)

Total Compensation

And the posts that get the most hits from Google are:

Leadership is Just One Thing

An Alternative View of Management vs. Leadership

It is interesting to see what resonates with readers. Dear readers, thanks so much for making Management Craft part of your life. Let me know if there are any topics you would like to see me address more fully.

Walk for the Animals 2008

I pause this management station for a brief announcement. I will be walking in this year's Walk for the Animals, which benefits the Seattle Humane Society.

If you live in Seattle, come join us. You can register here.

If you don't live in Seattle, but would like to support my walk and the humane society, you can do an online pledge here.

Here's a funny wee story. Some of you know that Bill and I have three dogs and two cats. I thought I had a husky greyhound mix named Venus. I recently sent her DNA in to be tested (they can tell you what breeds make up your mixed breed) and found out that she is German shepherd, whippet, and Doberman! She's still a doll even if she is not a husky.....

Fireside Chat with Nancy Ortberg - Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands

What is non-linear leadership and how do you "do" it?  Check out this podcast!

During this 22 minute podcast, I chat with Nancy Ortberg, author of Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands: Lessons in Non-Linear Leadership. We discuss what it means to stretch people (too much, too little, just right) and how the focus of leadership is growth and development. Perhaps you are not growing as much as you would like? Maybe you are a leader who has gotten a bit too comfortable with comfortableness? Tune in!

You can listen to my podcast with the Nancy Ortberg by clicking here:

You can also download an MP3 version of the podcast here.

And just a reminder.....

Here is the Podcast Feed for the entire Fireside Chat podcast series:

To see the complete list of podcasts in this series, select the Podcasts and Webcasts category on this blog or see the list on my main website here.

You can also find this series on iTunes (and several other podcast sites), just search under my last name for Fireside Chat.

Flow - Revisited

Over the weekend, I picked up the one CD version of the book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. It's highly abridged and just a summary, but it was a nice reminder of the eight characteristics of the flow experience:

1. CLEAR GOALS: We know what we have to do, the rules and our goals are clear (not confusing, not conflicting). We know what we want to accomplish each moment. The whole activity is very clearly focused.

2. REAL TIME FEEDBACK: We know if we are getting closer to our goal or moving away from it. Feedback is immediate, we know how things are going in real time. Clear feedback enables us to improve, monitor progress, and to concentrate.

3. SKILLS MATCH THE CHALLENGE: What we can do and what there is to do are in balance. We are neither overwhelmed nor bored. The job is appropriately demanding and this makes the work more interesting and enjoyable - even addictive. When our skills and activities are in balance, we get slowly sucked into it and feel compelled to continue.

4. FOCUS: In everyday life, we often try to do many things at once and pay attention to more than one task. When experiencing flow, our attention focuses on a single activity. We focus and concentrate on what we are doing. When focused, we can accomplish more and experience a feeling of inner harmony.

5. NO WORRIES: When having a flow experience, we cannot be distracted by other problems. We do not think about everyday frustrations. Our concentration and focus ensures we do not worry about these things. We can´t afford to let our mind wander. It is a great feeling of relief to be living in the present. A flow experience can be a form of forward escape. Instead of dealing with the usual reality, it creates a new and more interesting reality. Relief from the past and constraints moves us into a whole new experience.

6. CONTROL: We feel that we can be in control of our life, and are in control of our experience. Being in flow is about being on the edge of control and no control. Control is possible, but only when we are doing our best work. We know that if we prepare ourselves, we can match anything that comes our way.

7. NO EGO: When they are having a Flow Experience we are not self-conscious - we lose our ego! We do not worry about what other people think about us. When in flow, we don´t have the luxury of worrying about ourself, we are busy concentrating and very involved in what we are doing. In the depth of flow, we feel as though we are transcending our individuality to become part of the larger experience. No longer isolated, and part of the energy flowing about. Ironically, this sense of transcendence builds self-esteem after the flow experience is over. We forget ourself for the moment, but after, we feel stronger.

8. SENSE OF TIME TRANSFORMS: When experiencing flow, our sense of time is transformed. In flow, hours get condensed into minutes or visa versa, seconds become minutes (because so much is packed into the moment). Time adapts itself to the experience rather than the other way around.

The beauty of flow is that you can achieve it doing every day things, even when stuck in rush hour traffic or while waiting for the dentist to drill holes in your mouth. Those who live in flow, set many goals throughout the day and measure their actions against them. I do this when riding my motorcycle with how I turn and where in the road I position myself, etc...

And you can achieve flow as a manager in the way you conduct your day and the smaller goals you set for yourself throughout the day. Don't be a victim of your chaos and circumstances, build this into your day by setting and working goals for how you deal with the daily fire fighting and ad-hoc interruptions. As I write in Focus Like a Laser Beam, use tiny pockets of time to get big things done and see the momentum of your day go way up.

I realize that Bill is in flow a lot when he works on the computer doing mathematical modeling for his geology work and also while cooking. He loses all track of time and seems to be in an impenetrable bubble. I need to remind myself that this is a good thing the next time his being in flow causes him to lose track of time and be late!

Blackberry No More

I made the decision this weekend to give up the Blackberry and go back to a regular cell phone. I have been reading and researching energy management and nearly everything I come across emphasizes the importance of rest periods - physical and mental. I know that having 24/7 access to email is both a waste and a problem. I am also going to check email on my computer less and I intend to leave my blue tooth headset at home when driving (talking on your cell phone while driving is illegal in WA, so with no blue tooth, I won't be talking on the phone while driving).

It is too easy to stay engaged. But disengaging is critical to energy management. Athletes know this and it applies to everything we do.

If I go for a cup or tea or latte in the afternoon, I am going to savor it, not look at my cell phone or try to get caught up on email. For just a few minutes, I am going to relax and let my mind wander. And I am not going to eat my breakfast at my computer. I will take 30 minutes each morning to have my soy latte and breakfast and either read or wake up to the morning news. And I am not going to surf the computer during lunch. You see, I used to do all these things - email and internet almost all the time.

And my mental and physical energy has suffered.

Perhaps energy management is one reason I like riding a motorcycle. There is no cell phone, no Blackberry, no radio, no distractions. It is hard (and dangerous) to multitask while riding a 700 pound bike.

How's your energy management? What do you do to recharge and recuperate?

Fireside Chat with Christopher Scott - Nonprofit Leadership

Want to get more involved in nonprofit leadership?  Check out this podcast!

During this 22 minute podcast, I chat with Christopher Scott, blogger, nonprofit leader, and founder of A Day of Hope - a small nonprofit that anonymously gives baskets of food to needy families for Thanksgiving. Have you been thinking about working in a nonprofit? If so, or if you want to get more involved in a nonprofit organization, you will enjoy this podcast. Christopher's blog is called Nonprofit Leadership, Innovation, and Change. Learn more about how a $25 donation to A Day of Hope will help feed two families this Thanksgiving (or how you can help families in your community). Christopher has written an ebook called Young Leadership: How a Young Person Can Make a Difference available for free on Lulu.com.

You can listen to my podcast with the Christopher Scott by clicking here:

You can also download an MP3 version of the podcast here.

And just a reminder.....

Here is the Podcast Feed for the entire Fireside Chat podcast series:

To see the complete list of podcasts in this series, select the Podcasts and Webcasts category on this blog or see the list on my main website here.

You can also find this series on iTunes (and several other podcast sites), just search under my last name for Fireside Chat.

Let's meet in Santa Clara!

I will be speaking at the Santa Clara University on Wednesday, October 1. Here is a description of the talk/workshop (it's longer than a talk, shorter than a workshop) from the SCU website:

Generating and Catalyzing Breakthroughs at Work featuring Lisa Haneberg

Wednesday, October 1, 2008
9:00 - noon (continental breakfast begins at 8:30 am)
Price: $99, includes continental breakfast and a copy of Haneberg's book, Two Weeks to a Breakthrough
Benson Center - Mission Room (lower level)
Santa Clara University campus

What if you could spend just a few minutes a day and make a big difference in results? What if you could ask a couple questions and be the catalyst for breakthroughs for others? During this high-energy presentation, Lisa Haneberg will share a simple system you can put into practice immediately to achieve breakthroughs in results, improve energy and momentum, and help others rapidly move forward toward reaching their goals.

In this program, Haneberg will introduce you to an ingenious system and set of tools that will help you:

• better understand the nature of breakthroughs at work
• zoom in on goals
• get big results from tiny pockets of time
• learn how to catalyze breakthroughs

Participants will leave with a set of easy actionable techniques they can start using right away to generate breakthroughs.

As you may have picked up from the description, this session is open to the public and there is a charge of $99. If you are in need of a boost, a recharge, the right amount of inspiration and practical tactics, please consider attending. And if you do, please make a point of coming up to say "hi" before or after the talk begins. You can register on their website here.

I endeavor to make this session a catalyst for everyone who attends. I hope to see you there! Flap, flap, flap.

    

Paper, Plastic or Gucci - Reusable Grocery Bag Wars

I think the next hot corporate logo item is going to be the grocery bag. Here's why.

Bill and I went to the West Seattle Farmer's Market this weekend. Oh, one thing you should know first is that the City of Seattle recently passed a law that - as of January 2009 - grocers will have to charge 20 cents per bag for either plastic or paper bags. The law seeks to encourage shoppers to bring their own bags (and to offset costs for garbage collection and conservation programs).

Back to the farmer's market.... As you might expect, the local farmer's market attracts the most "granola" audience within our community. And those of us who are fringe granolas (granola served with an Egg McMuffin chaser) go to the market with our greenest side out.

As we climbed into our biodiesel car, we grabbed a Whole Foods reusable grocery bag (this sentence reads more granola than fringe, I admit, but we make up for this in other devilish ways of consumption). It looks like this.

While at the farmer's market, I noticed the grocery bags that people were carrying. I would guess that 90% or better brought their own bags and many were branded reusable bags. Some people went old school granola and used baskets. All the local grocery stores are selling these bags for anywhere from a little more than a buck to several dollars. What's interesting is that I noticed people noticing people's bags.

We are so fashion oriented, and I fully expect a big war for the designer grocery bag market. Here is a colorful bag from Trader Joe's.

And here is a plain jane model that might appeal to the die-hard granolas:

Incidentally, you can find a HUGE variety of reusable grocery bags on ebay. And there are lots of options on Amazon.

So how about you? Why not create logo grocery bags and hand them out for the holidays (filled with food and some other goodies). Here's one place to get your bags made.

Just be careful to give away bags that are cool - either because they look nice, have good grocery carrying features (gussets, long handles, reinforced bottoms), or because they represent state-of-the-art green. People will be watching what we use to carry home our beanies and weenies.

Managers, want to be seen as uber hip? Give away reusable grocery bags at your next staff meeting. OK, that was just my lame attempt to tie the topic of this post to management..... :-)

Here's what my logo bags might look like - what do you think? One note, I recommend darker colored bags as they will hide marks from food - like carrot top rubbings. Hey, it's a serious problem.

Breakthrough Song Now a Breakthrough Collection

My long time readers will remember the story about how my brother, Perry Devine, created the song Breakthrough for my Two Weeks to a Breakthrough Book and in the process experienced a breakthrough in his music writing and production.  You can listen to the podcast I did with Perry about this and hear the song here.

Breakthrough the song was just the beginning. Perry has come out with a CD of music that is his best work yet. If you like singer-songwriter type music, you will enjoy this collection.

• Find Perry's CD on CD Baby here. You can download samples of the songs, too.
• You can also find the album on iTunes, search under Perry Devine.

And the lesson in all this? Sometimes one breakthrough can catalyze many more breakthroughs. Do you need a breakthrough? Check out the posts under the category of breakthroughs and get inspired. Or read over the posts on my breakthrough blog (now dormant, but the posts are still great). Need something more? Check out my book, Two Weeks to a Breakthrough.

One final note. I love the Breakthrough song. Love it! Click here to hear the song set to cool pictures.