“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise“. – Benjamin Franklin This is one of Ben Franklin’s most notable quotes. Franklin’s numerous achievements positions him as one of the most studied people in history on how to be more productive and successful. (including me!) Sahil Bloom, breaks down Franklin’s […]
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…traditional views on work is to you have to “look” like you’re doing work, or rather being busy. But that can be a barrier for being truly productive, innovating and just achieving more. This “invisible work” is the what will help you achieve more.
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The biggest obstacle to being productive is multi-tasking (contrary to what we tend to believe). Here’s how to resist the urge to multi-task and focus on one task at a time. Brought to you with Best Self Planner
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Contrary to Jim Carrey’s 2008 film, Yes Man, the best thing you can do for your life, sanity and productivity is learning how to say “No”. Here’s 16 tips for how and what to say “No” to.
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Here are 10 wonderful visuals for reframing how you view productivity & success: 10 visuals that will change how you see success & productivity: 1. pic.twitter.com/gagZeSmwfR — Elliott 📖 | 🚀 (@elliottaleksndr) March 15, 2022
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Meetings can be such a pain and waste of time if left unchecked. The iconic John Cleese of Monty Python fame shares some timeless tips (all the way back from 1976!) [via Recommendo]: ESSENTIAL CLIPS Saudi Arabia continues diversification initiative via share offering of Saudi Telecom Co (STC) You should know: this country is winning
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Even before a global pandemic moved everyone to Zoom meetings, in-person meetings have mostly been culprits in wasting time and negatively affecting productivity ever since the meetings were “invented”. To prevent meeting overload and scheduling non-useful meetings, you can ask these two questions before considering a meeting: Will you have something to contribute? Will you
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I’m fanatical about productivity. I hate wasting time and time-wasting activities. I’m pretty ruthless when it comes to not wasting time on activities that are meant to make us look busy versus actually producing (I like to “leave” work on time…and no, that is not a sign of laziness but efficency). Here’s just some of
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I’ve mostly worked remotely for over fifteen years now, add to that I’m an Introvert (on the extreme side of the spectrum) – my wife laughs at me saying I’ve trained my entire life for this global pandemic. But I know many people who are experiencing this for the first time for such a long
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With the advanced of artificial intelligence and automation, we as humans should be taking advantage of the efficiencies AI and robotics give us. And it looks like there are positive effects when we reduce our work week to four days. [Have a look here]
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The biggest time killer and waster is meetings. Specifically unfocused meetings. It’s the one bain of time management. It’s also the one thing I rarely grant and waste time on unless: There’s a specific need There’s a specific structure and topic It’s pre-scheduled Otherwise, I don’t do meetings. The Economics talks more about the dreaded
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I’m a huge proponent of working to your natural preferences (I’m a natural Introvert). Despite the fact the world is majority catered to Extroverted people, the increasing awareness of how both types work differently is really nice to see. Here’s a nice article on how both types can create a more productive environment whicever type
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Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, has some interesting advice regarding work-life balance. [See what he says here]
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Looking for some daily goodness to get you organized, inspired and ready to take on each and every single day? How about a regular time of reading? The words and wisdom of others can do wonders for you. Here’s another: practice gratitude daily and regularly. It will change your disposition. To learn more about things
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If you find yourself dealing with issues of gossip in your office, then one thing you might want to think about is how it might be systemic of other issues going on beneath the service. Read today’s article and learn how to read the signals and get to the deeper issues. Read the full
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Your day is packed. There is no doubt about that at all. So what we must do as CEOs and leaders of industry is simple: use our time wisely. How can you do that? By maximizing those morning hours when your phone isn’t pinging and people aren’t walking through your office door with more and
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We all have issues with procrastination. It’s difficult for us to overcome…yet, as a CEO we have to. If we procrastinate, then our business ventures will come to a halt. So, today we have one habit that you can develop to help you overcome these issues of procrastination. Take a look, put it into practice,
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We all know that for every CEO, one of the biggest issues you deal with is the issue of productivity. We read books on the subject; we look at apps on our phones to help us with the issue; and we read blogs all the time about the newest productivity concepts. Well, we’re here to
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When you’re not a morning person, it seems as if you are somehow always surrounded by morning people. This simply isn’t good…it’s not good on our health nor our demeanor. And if you’re the guy or gal in charge, it can have a huge detrimental impact on your relations with investors. Today we have 7
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Secrets. They are only good once they get out…because before that, it’s as if they never existed. We have some secrets for you today. They are the secrets of the most productive people. This list comes from people of all walks of life. Some are CEOs. Others are entertainers. Whatever they are, the one thing
Did you know the most productive hours of your day are right when you wake up. Don’t get distracted with Facebook, email, or twitter. These hours in the morning, after you wash can be a time of setting your mind in proper order, ready to work on tasks right before you. Learn how to harness
Leading others is also about creating an environment where they can be productive and useful. Learn today more about such an environment so you, too, can spur the troops on!
Research into what is known as the internal body clock has discovered (surprise, surprise) that not everybody is a so-called “morning person,” and thus the adage, “The early bird catches the worm” is not only annoying, but in fact biologically impossible. What then, has this research uncovered? Well, you have an internal body clock, and
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Need a little encouragement to get you going this day? Need to be more productive? Well, I guarantee you that the advice coming from these entrepreneurs will motivate you. Why? Because most likely, they are younger than you…and they are on the cutting edge of their respective industries. Take some advice from those who are
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One of the biggest issues we deal with in leadership is the issue of workflow. We are constantly on the move, thinking of new ideas and places to take our businesses. With so many thoughts and ideas crowding our day, it can be hard some times to actually get some work done. But we can’t
Lifehacker brings us an important article today for every executive, CEO and business leader. What is it? Productivity. That is a word that should ring clear in every leaders ear. The one thing we want more than anything else in our leadership abilities is to be productive. And learning new ways of productivity is always, well,
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