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 …

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.ā€” 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 …

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, …

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 …

Find Meaning with Logotherapy & Your Personal Life Purpose

Victor Frankl wrote the book Man's Search for Meaning to account for his time in concentration camps during World War II. He tells his story through the lens of Logotherapy, his own branch of therapy focused on the importance of meaning. In this post, we'll discuss Viktor Frankl's background, his philosophy and the core ideas …

Smarter Faster Better: Secrets of Productivity in Life & Business

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 …

How to Absorb Data with Scaffolding, Disfluency & Systems

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 …

How To Leverage Innovation In The Creative Process

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 …