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Being able to manoeuvre differences in opinion is key to building strong relationships in…
You have to be very careful what kind of stuff you choose to engage with in the early morning. As soon as you wake up, the mind is very impressionable, and what you choose to look at sticks with you throughout the day.
The world is changing, advancing, and evolving at such an unprecedented pace that…
I had struggled for years with my Outlook inbox at work. I often had a couple…
AUTHENTICITY IN THE MODERN WORLD
Everytime I have an epiphany about drastically changing my life, be it a world-changing …
Understanding the difference between “urgent” and “important” is the difference between success and failure.
What exactly do you do in your 5 minute pomodoro break?
While an extreme story, there are less ubiquitous versions of this employee in most work environments! Important message about need for collaboration and transparency in our work processes. Dependence on a single individual is always going to be damaging in the macro long view.
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Our Dreams become Reality, when we first, give ourselves…
In any given day there are 24 hours. Subtract from that the 8 average hours a regular human adult is recommended to sleep per day, 3 hours eating, 1 hour spent showering, getting dressed, changing, etc, and maybe 2/3 hours getting to and from your place of…
Alfred is first on my list of recommended application for OSX users. You can compare it…
Believing you can catch up whenever you fall behind is the easiest route for failure in a writing…
If you’re like me, you probably have a job, and you might be very passionate about that job, but what happens when you’ve decided you’ve had enough of “work” for one day and you need to relax and…
For the third day in a row, I chose to work on short stories instead of continuing…
The ride up to Malacca has been a weekly affair of late but last Saturday was special because I got to ride up with my…
The inspiration for this story comes from Julie Zhuo’s original story, “Escaping e-mail hell”. I highly recommend her weekly essays from The Year of the Looking Glass for anyone who desires to improve their productivity and well being in the workplace.
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To be productive you need a block of time free of distractions and…
STAYING FOCUSEDFocus is something that seems to be something that is very complicated to achieve or maintained especially is a hyper distractive society.
Action Inferno (Learn Baby Learn): How I Stay Engaged After Conferences
It happens to many of us. We attend conferences or gatherings of various affinity…
This summer I was on a holiday on one of the Greece islands, Koss. It is a beautiful island. We stayed…
You ever feel invisible? Like nothing is going to stop you? That’s how I go into my weekends after having a crappy…
The need for a laptop, desktop, or workplace computer has diminished. I can’t stress the amount of people I have encountered on a daily basis at my job that think they need a computer. They don’t want a computer. They think they actually need it. Wrong.
It is 2:57am, on a Saturday night (or Sunday morning I should say) and I am about to design a website. Any sort of mesh of artistic and practical design that mimics reality and drives calls to actions for…
Yesterday, I received a gift. I ended up sitting around the house, not doing much at all. I read a little…
No one should submit a “first draft” manuscript, not even to the editor.
You should commit yourself to excellence, and often. That little bit extra is what makes all the difference.
That said, most advocates of writing fast over writing perfect are generally referring to a rough draft not the final…
Well we made it through the first week of my How To Series! Get Organized…
Today I want to discuss how to stay motivated. I’ll be including some of my uniqueness as well as a document I have created to keep you organized both personally and professionally.
I never liked the idea of setting filters on my incoming emails. I felt I’d miss important emails, like…
NaNoWriMo Year 16
I sort of disappear during November. My sleep patterns change, my attention fades away, a sort of addiction takes hold.
November is National Novel Writing Month. A crazy adventure to write a 50,000 word novel in a month. Writing 1,667 words a day is more doable than you might think…
From today’s reading…
“Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell…
Another great blog post! Here’s how your writing gets me - I haven’t done any of your calls to action yet, but I do think about them during the week, sometimes often. There’s something in them that resonates with me and it’s only a matter of time before I take that first step….
I’m not fond of the word holistic, since it’s usually synonymous with pseudoscience, but your article’s sentiment is sound.
Core is a metaphor for foundation. Develop a strong foundation in your routine and positive things start to happen.
ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATEI am a huge advocate for accountability.
SILVER SPOONS & TRUST FUNDSI understand that not everyone was born with a silver spoon in their mouths or are the heirs to a family trust fund.
