productivity
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The Difference Between Being Busy and Being Effective
Taking an entire week off from “work” tasks has taught me that productivity can be achieved through different ways. You can be “busy” hosting people, you can be ”busy” on vacation, and you can “busy” maintaining the home. There are many types of busy— but often the word itself is…
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Streamlining Your Attention for Better Results in Life & Work
Having a lot of grand goals and ambitions can be a wonderful thing, yet it can also become the deadliest trap. As information becomes more accessible, the things that tug at our attention are increasing. I recently skimmed a headline on my news feed. The photo: one person in their…
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Taming the Monkey Mind Can Help You be More Efficient and Present
The human mind has been compared to goldfish, as we’re only able to hold our attention for so long. I disagree, I believe that there are different contexts in which we let our minds get distracted. Perhaps, we haven’t had adequate sleep, or there’s something in our personal lives bothering…
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How Work Guilt May be Impacting You Adversely
I remember sitting on the hotel bed in one of the beautiful Spanish cities, hands on my head admitting to my travel companion that I was rattled by this feeling of guilt. It was an internal battle between wanting to be a good friend and companion, and a good worker…
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