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 …
Stoicism Philosophy & Crypto Investments: How to Build Wealth & Success
Stoicism is an ancient philosophy that teaches how to live practically and ethically with the ultimate goal of having a virtuous life. On the other hand, cryptocurrency has only been around for about a decade and already grown to a total market capitalization of $2.9 Trillion by late 2021. Today’s post will apply concepts of …
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A Mindful Venture into the Startup World
I’ll start off by apologising for the radio silence over the past few months. I’ve taken a step back from contributing to this blog on productivity and mindfulness to focus on a brand new adventure. Since September 2021, I’ve joined a startup venture as a co-founder! As the nature of startups is extremely volatile and …
How to Start Tasks & Stay Motivated for Ultimate Productivity
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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How To Increase Focus & Reduce Distractions with Task Batching
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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Unlock Delegated Task Efficiency With The Waiting For List
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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Make Your Work Meaningful With The Six-level GTD Framework
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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Stop Seeking Approval: Respond to Insults Like a Stoic
It's easy to get carried away when somebody insults us. Depending on the situation, it can signal that the insulter doesn't like us or simply wants to broadcast our flaws to the world. As a practical philosophy, Stoicism teaches how we can live our best daily lives. One such lesson is how to best deal …
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Negative Visualisation: The Stoic Art of Preparation & Resilience
The most unbearable things in life are often the things we never expected. And these things are unbearable because they catch us off-guard. When we expect only good things to happen to us, the smallest thing might ruin our entire day. That's why today's topic is negative visualisation. In this post, we'll discuss this practice, …
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Self Awareness: Why It’s Important & How to Cultivate It
Achieving success in life is primarily psychological. Even when we talk about physical activities like elite sport competitions, our minds play a big part. The key to success is our mental ability and the strength of our character. Developing self-awareness helps us understand who we are. And with this insight, we can fine-tune our actions …
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