Chronic Procrastination: 5 Weird (But Effective) Ways You Can Conquer It
w to beat chronic procrastination I've posted a fair amount of research related to procrastination in the past, let's round it up so we have a useful list to refer to when willpower gets low. 1) "Positive" Procrastination Yes, that’s right, procrastination can be a good thing. Dr. John Perry, author of The Art of Procrastination, explains a good method for leveraging your laziness: The key to productivity, he argues in “The Art of Procrastination,” is to make more commitments — but to be…
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Spend time wisely: How to focus on the things that matter
w Can You Spend Time Wisely? We all wonder where the hours go. There's a good reason for that -- we're absolutely terrible at remembering how we really spend our time. Via What the Most Successful People Do at Work: A Short Guide to Making Over Your Career: Hunting through data from the American Time Use Survey, conducted annually by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other time diary projects, I came to the inescapable conclusion that how we think we…
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10 tips to increase your productivity:
d you know double tapping the space bar on your smartphone will automatically enter a period and add a space to make ending a sentence easy? I didn't. In this TED Talk, David Pogue gives 10 quick technology tips that will increase your productivity. Frankly, I was embarrassed that I didn't know many of these. Pogue is a technology columnist for the New York Times and author of more than 60 books. Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via…
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4 things that will make you more motivated, happy and creative at work:
rvard's Teresa Amabile gave office workers something very simple: diaries. Then she reviewed their ups and downs and drew connections. What she learned was extraordinary. She described the study in her book The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. Here are four of the biggest things she learned: 1) Progress Motivates You More Than Anything Else Nothing is more motivating than progress in meaningful work and nothing more taxing than setbacks. Via The Progress Principle: Using…
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9 Expert Insights That Will Make You Productive, Successful And Smart
pert Tip #1: How To Be More Creative Your first idea is rarely the best. Always keep pushing and generate more possibilities. Advice from Andrew Goldberg, writer on Family Guy: I’m a big fan of writing "alts" (versions). If I come to a joke spot, even if I’m working on my own stuff, I’ll often write three or four or five different alts, and then I’ll show it to friends, show it to my wife, show it to my manager, show…
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26 Top Time Management Hacks:
in 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: Checklist: Are you doing these five things to be more effective at work? 5 tips for being a better leader 5 top secrets to getting more done
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Effective Executive: 5 insights from the #1 management book
te Drucker's book The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done is one of my most frequent recommendations. Everyone can get something from it because it's not about the minutiae of business, it's about organizing your life so you can accomplish the things that are important. Drucker is probably the most influential writer on the subject of management. Why? One of the reasons is that he understood that the most important part of management is knowing yourself. What are the book's…
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5 Secrets To Using Your Time Wisely
Schedule things that make you happy You often schedule things that are "important", but what about the things that make you happy? Activities on your calendar are more likely to be the things you do. So be as good about scheduling the personal as the professional. From my interview with Stanford happiness researcher Jennifer Aaker: ...people who spend more time on projects that energize them and with people who energize them tend to be happier. However, what is interesting…
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