How to make your job easier
Copying from the Productive Living Newsletter by Get Things Done author, David Allen Get your life back to widget-cranking! Oh, for a widget-cranking job again! Ever have gigs…
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How to be like Zorba
Some food for thought: Despite continual romantic, financial, and familial disasters, he says, “Zorba can dance in the present moment, because he knows that stress— the full catastrophe—…
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Against motivation: 3 elements for success
There is no need to always search for motivation. Any goal will do the same job along with planning and monitoring. However, all three elements are required. Just…
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Focus is about saying no
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eP99neOVs Steve Jobs was asked (WWDC'97) about some of Apple's choice at the time in cutting off features, and had this to say: “People think focus means saying…
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Resistance is how we protect ourselves from taking risks
"This is going to kill your children" - Jamie Oliver is making a point about cooking junk food for your kids. The quote and screenshot above is from…
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What You Believe Affects What You Achieve
Our genes influence our intelligence and talents, but these qualities are not fixed at birth. If you mistakenly believe that your capabilities derive from DNA and destiny, rather…
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Tired? Think again
Science says your mind gives up before your body. Marcora believes that this limit is probably never truly reached—that fatigue is simply a balance between effort and motivation,…
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