productivity
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Why Going Silent Mode Can Be the Best Thing to Happen to Your Career
Usually, people spend too much time talking about what they’re going to do, and not enough time doing it. Isn’t it funny that it’s the skills you often excel at, you tend to advertise the least? It has to do with uncertainty. The less certain we feel about a subject,…
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10 Bulletproof Ways You Can Avoid Burnout (with Lauren Barri)
The term “burnout” is a pretty recent phenomenon and it refers to “ a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed (WHO, 2019).” Burnout can manifest in three “dimensions” according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11). Often the symptoms of burnout are…
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The Science of Having a Good Day
How to make every day count a bit more in your favour Have you ever glided through the day on a pair of sparkly, mint blue rollerskates—without tripping, once? I’m talking about the days when the aroma of your morning coffee lingers longer, the scent of the pastries smell extra-buttery…
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Make your 9 to 5 a Breeding Ground for Success
Is it just me, or does it feel like every time I go on my phone, there’s this cacophony of hatred toward the 9 to 5 career? When I searched the phrase 9 to 5 on Google, the first 5 results were: “Breaking Free to 9 to 5 Culture” –…
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5 Ways to Spring Clean this Month
Alas, Spring is upon us (at least if you’re in the northern hemisphere). The weather’s clearing up, the birds are chirping, and if you have seasonal affective depression, the clouds are also dispersing in your brain. Spring is a wonderful time to shed our winter drearies, and to hit the…
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This is What I Would Do in my Self Care Era
So many of us grew up in an era where self-care was not taught properly. Being raised by immigrants in a first-world country, all I observed from my parents was hard work, long hours, and on the reverse, falling asleep on the couch with the TV running. That was balance,…
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The 9-5 System is Broken but the Way to Fix it is not Remote
I thought the new year would be a good time to reflect on how we work and where it’s going. After two long years, I’m finally back in the office and in some ways, it’s been a total relief and a game changer. With all the dialogue surrounding hybrid and…
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How to Reduce Stress in Everyday Living
Do you ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed? This uncomfortable feeling tends to arise when we perceive there are too many things on our plates. The problem is, we tend to see our lives through a short-eyed lens. Whatever, we “feel” like doing now, we act upon it— even if it…
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The “Hack” that Makes You Happier
There’s this odd phenomenon I observed even whilst traveling, and that is: There’s always one factor that brings more peace and joy into the mind. This factor is nature. Nature is defined as “the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features or products…
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When Procrastination is Necessary: From a Creative
Great works cannot be rushed, nor are they fully appreciated in the present moment. This is what most of the greatest artists, poets, and musicians have demonstrated throughout history. A Dutch artist by name of Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting in his lifetime as an artist. Today, you…
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