A few months ago, I laced up my running shoes and headed out for a quick 3K. Nothing special – just a short jog around the neighborhood before dinner. The run itself was unremarkable. I didn’t break any personal records or have any profound revelations while huffing up that annoying hill in Lisbon’s Monsanto forest …
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It’s been over a year since I announced I left my comfortable corporate job to start my own business. I had grand plans at the time that didn’t align with my actual energy levels. Since then I’ve made some big decisions that profoundly impacted the direction of my business. In this blog post, I’m giving …
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Everyone has their own rhythm & working from home has given a lot of people more freedom to design their daily lives as they choose. Companies in the long-term are moving toward more flexible work schedules. We’re in control of our lives now more than ever. We have the potential design our environment and spend …
Motivation can be a difficult state to achieve. Even if we’re lucky to experience periods of increased drive, our energy can easily disappear without much warning. It’s important to have the right mental frameworks in place when we’re trying to motivate ourselves. This is an important topic for me personally right now, because lately I …
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It’s easy to think of productivity as working longer hours with more effort. But when we boil it down, productivity is all about avoiding distractions while maintaining focus. Time batching is a technique we can use to focus on our most important tasks while avoiding unnecessary distractions. In this post, we’ll discuss the benefits of …
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Productivity is easy when we have something to work on. But other times we need other people to help execute the tasks and projects that matter to our core goals. The Waiting For list is a core component of the GTD methodology that allows us to stay on top of work that other people perform. …
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Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.— Ferris Bueller Deep down, I think everyone wants to find meaning in their work. We want to spend our time working toward something that really matters to us. That’s the difference between being motivated to work …
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Charles Duhigg wrote the book Smarter Faster Better, in which he discusses the eight secrets of being productive in life and business. The first half of this book comprises the secrets of self-motivation, creating effective teams, focusing with mental models and setting effective goals. Part two dives into managing others, making effective decisions, leveraging creativity …
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Charles Duhigg wrote the book Smarter Faster Better, in which he discusses the eight secrets of being productive in life and business. One of the eight principles is how to absorb data in a world plagued by information overload. In this post we’ll discuss methods to improve our understanding of data. We’ll also run through …
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Charles Duhigg wrote the book Smarter Faster Better, in which he discusses the eight secrets of being productive in life and business. One of the eight principles is leveraging the creative process to drive innovation. In this post we’ll apply the ideas of creativity and innovation to several examples, including Disney’s Frozen. But first, where …
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