Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.3, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Ion Valis Strategic Advisor | Author | Speaker ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.ionvalis.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Attention Is Capital Now: Why the Most Valuable Asset in 2025 Isn’t Money](https://www.ionvalis.com/attention-is-capital-now-why-the-most-valuable-asset-in-2025-isnt-money/) - [AI Skill Series | NotebookLM for Executives: 5 Power Plays for Your AI OS](https://www.ionvalis.com/ai-skill-series-notebooklm-for-executives-5-power-plays-for-your-ai-os/) - [The Five Laws of Attention: The Physics of Focus in the AI Age](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-five-laws-of-attention-the-physics-of-focus-in-the-ai-age/) - [The End of Endings](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-end-of-endings/) - [In Praise of Slow Thinking](https://www.ionvalis.com/in-praise-of-slow-thinking/) - [Take stock of 2020 before turning your mind to 2021](https://www.ionvalis.com/take-stock-of-2020-before-turning-your-mind-to-2021/) - [The Modern World is a Dopamine Minefield. Here’s how to navigate it.](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-modern-world-is-a-dopamine-minefield-heres-how-to-navigate-it/) - [We Need to Talk about Dopamine | Part I](https://www.ionvalis.com/we-need-to-talk-about-dopamine-part-i/) - [The Power of Subtraction — and why we miss out when we forget to cut out.](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-power-of-subtraction-and-why-we-miss-out-when-we-forget-to-cut-out/) - [The Three for Three Focus Framework](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-three-for-three-focus-framework/) - [Attention is The Operating System of the 21st Century](https://www.ionvalis.com/attention-is-the-operating-system-of-the-21st-century/) - [AI Skill Series | Five Upgrades for Your Personal AI Operating System in 2026](https://www.ionvalis.com/ai-skill-series-five-upgrades-for-your-personal-ai-operating-system-in-2026/) - [Overcoming the Power of Bad](https://www.ionvalis.com/overcoming-the-power-of-bad/) - [Evolution, Progress, and Reinvention](https://www.ionvalis.com/evolution-progress-and-reinvention/) - Evolution, Progress, and Reinvention Ion Valis Ion Valis If Evolution is, as someone once described, progress without planning, then Reinvention is progress *with* planning. Or, to put it another way, Reinvention = Evolution, Reinvented. - [Stillness is the 21st Century Super Power](https://www.ionvalis.com/stillness-is-the-21st-century-super-power/) - [A Reinvention Portfolio is the Key to Planning for a 22nd Century Life](https://www.ionvalis.com/a-reinvention-portfolio-is-the-key-to-planning-for-a-22nd-century-life/) - [Want to be more consistently great? Be like the All-Blacks and have a “Haka”](https://www.ionvalis.com/want-to-be-more-consistently-great-be-like-the-all-blacks-and-have-a-haka/) - [The future is hybrid: almost every industry will be “Pelotonized” in the post-pandemic world](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-future-is-hybrid-almost-every-industry-will-be-pelotonized-in-the-post-pandemic-world/) - [Plans are useless but planning is priceless](https://www.ionvalis.com/plans-are-useless-but-planning-is-priceless/) - [Have you ever done a Personal Brand Audit of yourself? You should.](https://www.ionvalis.com/have-you-ever-done-a-personal-brand-audit-of-yourself-you-should/) - [The Perils of Being Stuck in a Pleasant Present: 7 Strategies for overcoming Status Quo Bias](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-perils-of-being-stuck-in-a-pleasant-present-7-strategies-for-overcoming-status-quo-bias/) - [2020 will be another “Year Without Summer”](https://www.ionvalis.com/2020-will-be-another-year-without-summer/) - [Don’t pine for a POST-C-19 world. We’re never going back to “normal”. So now what?](https://www.ionvalis.com/dont-pine-for-a-post-c-19-world-were-never-going-back-to-normal-so-now-what/) - [2020 is a Perfect Storm. Don’t be the Andrea Gail. Have a game plan for when the game changes.](https://www.ionvalis.com/2020-is-a-perfect-storm-dont-be-the-andrea-gail-have-a-game-plan-for-when-the-game-changes/) - [You've decided to reinvent yourself. Here's how to start.](https://www.ionvalis.com/youve-decided-to-reinvent-yourself-heres-how-to-start/) - [Are you positioned to seize the “Hybrid Dividend”?](https://www.ionvalis.com/are-you-positioned-to-seize-the-hybrid-dividend/) - [The "Office" is Changing: The RIGID | HIBRID | FLUID Framework and the Past and Future of Work](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-office-is-changing-the-rigid-hibrid-fluid-framework-and-the-past-and-future-of-work/) - [Make the Pivot to Hybrid with the H.I.B.R.I.D. Algorithm](https://www.ionvalis.com/make-the-pivot-to-hybrid-with-the-h-i-b-r-i-d-algorithm/) - [Old Rules for a New Life in the New Year](https://www.ionvalis.com/old-rules-for-a-new-life-in-the-new-year/) - [COVID-19 is a hard reset for society. Let’s embrace this fresh start.](https://www.ionvalis.com/covid-19-is-a-hard-reset-for-society-lets-embrace-this-fresh-start/) - [Do you have a “Personal Happiness Algorithm?” You should.](https://www.ionvalis.com/do-you-have-a-personal-happiness-algorithm-you-should/) - [How to Prevent Burnout: Close your Stress Loops](https://www.ionvalis.com/how-to-prevent-burnout-close-your-stress-loops/) - [Get Your Daily D.O.S.E. of Happiness Chemicals](https://www.ionvalis.com/get-your-daily-d-o-s-e-of-happiness-chemicals/) - [How to Know When to Quit Your Job (and Reinvent Yourself)](https://www.ionvalis.com/how-to-know-when-to-quit-your-job-and-reinvent-yourself/) - [The S.I.E.S.T.A.S. Method for Beating Burnout](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-s-i-e-s-t-a-s-method-for-beating-burnout/) - [Football QBs epitomize modern leadership today. They are one part Achilles, one part Algorithm](https://www.ionvalis.com/football-qbs-epitomize-modern-leadership-today-they-are-one-part-achilles-one-part-algorithm/) - [We are reaching the end of the beginning of COVID-19. Welcome to the next phase: the Upside Down](https://www.ionvalis.com/we-are-reaching-the-end-of-the-beginning-of-covid-19-welcome-to-the-next-phase-the-upside-down/) - [Do you have a reading "strategy"​? You should. Here's why.](https://www.ionvalis.com/do-you-have-a-reading-strategy​-you-should-heres-why/) - [Relinquish one of your - or your company’s - most long-standing ideas](https://www.ionvalis.com/relinquish-one-of-your-or-your-companys-most-long-standing-ideas/) - [The Coronapocalypse is a failure of competence, but also of capitalism](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-coronapocalypse-is-a-failure-of-competence-but-also-of-capitalism/) - [Forget Money and Power; Covet Time and Attention](https://www.ionvalis.com/forget-money-and-power-covet-time-and-attention/) - [Summer Vacations, QWERTY Keyboards and the Power of Perpendicular Thinking](https://www.ionvalis.com/summer-vacations-qwerty-keyboards-and-the-power-of-perpendicular-thinking/) - [The Starbucks Incident and the Importance of the “Strategic Corporal”](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-starbucks-incident-and-the-importance-of-the-strategic-corporal/) - [Going Solo](https://www.ionvalis.com/going-solo/) - [The Great Disruption](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-great-disruption/) - [Getting Good at Going off the Grid](https://www.ionvalis.com/getting-good-at-going-off-the-grid/) - [The 4 new Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Automation, Algorithms, Auto-Manufacturing and Amazon](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-4-new-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse-automation-algorithms-auto-manufacturing-and-amazon/) - [The Two Questions that can Transform your Company or Career](https://www.ionvalis.com/the-two-questions-that-can-transform-your-company-or-career/) ## Pages - [Home](https://www.ionvalis.com/) - Ion is a strategic advisor who helps his individuals and organizations perform, transform, and flourish. - [Blog](https://www.ionvalis.com/blog2/) - [Newsletter](https://www.ionvalis.com/newsletter/) - [Bio](https://www.ionvalis.com/bio/) - [Consulting](https://www.ionvalis.com/consulting/) - [Podcast](https://www.ionvalis.com/podcast/) - [Website update guide](https://www.ionvalis.com/website-update-guide/) - [Book](https://www.ionvalis.com/book/) ## Projects - [Sample project 8](https://www.ionvalis.com/project/sample-project-8/) - 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