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“Work is much more fun, than fun.” Noël Coward.
Underrated as an anti-depressant, and understandably so, this is nonetheless an absolute prerequisite for long term mental health, as well as a very powerful tonic for getting out of ruts. A passion for purpose Motivational speaker Wayne Dyer used to say: “Every child comes to Earth with secret orders…” This might not be literally true.…
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How To: Reclaim Your Attention From The Mobile Phone
Introduction This should be a classic productivity hack – but you don’t hear about it much. We are all guilty of excessive mobile phone checking at times. The finest minds in tech came up with this piece of kit and their remit is drawing users back, fostering engagement, which understandably leads to some addiction-like behaviours.…
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Spare moments are the gold dust of time.
Get Ahead At work Elsewhere on the site we have covered how to work more efficiently, work smarter, save time, conserve mental energy and improve your work. These are hugely beneficial, but they do create a new problem, one that busy, dogged, ineffective employees never encounter – what do you do with the extra time,…
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Productivity Growth: How Tomatoes Lead To Better Work In Less Time
Introduction The work that gets us noticed in our career is deep, intelligent, and thought-provoking. It is not filing. It is not responding to emails either. If we are knowledge workers, then our mental resources are what got us hired & are what will get us promoted. We need them to be fully operational and…
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“Happiness is not by chance, but by choice”: Jim Rohn
Look on the bright side The human brain is an amazing thing but unfortunately it is clever enough to completely disable us in settings where we are not comfortable. We may become withdrawn, defensive, averse, shy, hostile, even physically sick. We are not happy and we want to get out of there. This might be…
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“The first step to win yourself is wake up early” – Sukant Ratnakar
Copy shamelessly from the best If there is one piece of universally understood and uncontroversial advice, this is surely it. There have literally been entire books written to express this one thought, expressed in 3 words – Get Up Early. The number of successful individuals who cite this as a competitive advantage is legion. Jack…
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“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it.” Richard Whately (in other words… get it together in advance)
Timeless Wisdom Homespun advice, this. It’s from the same old-school-of-thought as ‘make your bed’.A task you would think makes no real difference to the quality of life, but mysteriously does. There’s a mass of anecdotal evidence we should at least try it and see what the outcomes are. The concept is incredibly simple. If you…
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Switch Off Email Notifications
Switch Off Email Notifications As quick fixes go, this is a game changer. Attention is a powerful ally, and you need it to get your best work done. Attention is not a switch that you turn on and off, though. It is a mental state that it takes time & effort to achieve. Like the…
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Don’t Have a To-Do List
Have a schedule instead If you are reading this, then I’m guessing you have a to-do list of some sort. To-do lists are awesome, way better than no list – it is the is the cornerstone of the working day for many successful people. There might be a dozen things we need to get to…