It’s easy to get caught up in the world around us—to react to events without thinking about what they mean to us, to judge others without a thought about what may be happening in their world, and to ...
The average American drinks three cups of coffee per day. If you’re anything like me, that morning (and afternoon) pick-me-up is a lot like an “on button” for your brain. Maybe you’re more of a tea ...
Go to business school, and you’ll hear it over and over again: What gets measured gets managed. Often attributed to Peter Drucker, this maxim also applies to time management. If you don’t know how ...
While this is a true statement, unfortunately, most people continue to waste their time on things that don’t matter or things that don’t support their goals and dreams.Stuff like constantly ...
Would you like to start each day with a clear focus on what you want to accomplish? Would you like to know that what you accomplish today will be accomplishments that meet your needs, desires, and ...
When I was young, I had a pink piggy bank on my dresser—and a very important goal to buy a shiny, red bike. Each time I earned money on chores, I ran to the piggy bank. Over time, thanks to my ...
In today’s fast world, it’s impossible to keep your daily plan in your head in hopes of not missing an important occasion.Long gone are the times of misplaced post-it notes in hopes to keep tasks ...
Imagine being totally immersed in an optimal state of consciousness, giving your fullest attention to an activity or task through improved focus and concentration, and heightening all aspects of ...
When was the last time you found yourself experiencing one of these eight characteristics while working on a project?Complete concentration on a task
Clarity of goals and rewards in mind ...
Want to know what Steve Jobs thought was the ultimate key to achieving success?“Focus and simplicity… once you get there, you can move mountains.”—Steve JobsAnd this belief is even more important ...
Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by something that you just couldn’t focus or concentrate on anything at all? Every so often, this also happens to me. It happens to the best of us. And if your ...
How often have you had the experience of needing to make tough decisions that pull you in different directions? You go round and round in circles and, in the end, you either make a snap decision or ...
If you’re looking for ways to improve your productivity, chances are, you’ve come across a concept called timeboxing. Even if you’ve never heard the term “timebox” before, you might have come across ...
Conventional wisdom centers around giving more of yourself to others in your life than you would to what you want to accomplish. You’re taught to make sacrifices and put your needs secondary because ...
With more people working from home, many are looking for proper headphones to block out sounds that could break their concentration while working, studying, or attending an online meeting. In fact, ...
Today, there are countless productivity techniques that claim to help you work at peak efficiency. Among them, few are more widely known and widely used than the Pomodoro Technique. It’s a time ...
When you’re working from home with kids, many things steal your focus: lack of sleep, tiredness, and the fact that your body is wired to answer your child’s requests and demands.Many of us are also ...
For a moment, think about how many errands you juggle around in a day. From the moment you wake up till you lay your head on the pillow at night, you deal with a multitude of things, from helping ...
Momentum is essentially the force created by a moving object. You likely heard about this concept in your high school physics class, but momentum goes far beyond the laws of motion. Momentum, when ...
Life throws many curve balls our way—it could be said that when one person goes to bed heartbroken, another could wake up finding true love. It’s a never-ending cycle of disappointments and ...