Why You Should Stop Working at Noon Everyday
EmailShare 1637EmailShare When it comes to wasting time in front of a computer, I’m a triple black belt. Over the last 4 years of working for myself, I’ve wasted not just hours or even days in front of a computer, but weeks, if not months. I’ve got entrepreneurs ADD in the worst way possible. I’ve thought many times about getting medication for this, and many people I know, and even good friends of mine have had major positive changes going this route. But I’ve always felt there should be a better way. I’ve tried accountability groups, productivity apps, and all sorts of other gimmicks for getting more stuff done, but on their own, nothing seemed to work. Recently I spent some time reviewing and considering what’s important to me in life. You see our whole lives we’ve had the idea of a 9 to 5 workday ingrained in us. 4 years of entrepreneurship later, and that still hasn’t completely gone away. It was this recent re-evaluation that led me to try an experiment. What’s the secret? Either way?
How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done – 5 Expert Tips | Lustig Group
Posted on August 10th, 2014 Some days the to-do list seems bottomless. Just looking at it is exhausting. We all want to know how to stop being lazy and get more done. So I decided to call a friend who manages to do this — and more. Cal Newport impresses the heck out of me. He has a full-time job as a professor at Georgetown University, teaching classes and meeting with students. No, he does not have superpowers or a staff of 15. Below you’ll get Cal’s secrets on how you can better manage your time, stop being lazy, get more done — and be finished by 5:30. 1) To-Do Lists Are Evil. To-do lists by themselves are useless. It makes you be realistic about what you can get done. Until it’s on your calendar and assigned an hour, it’s just a list of wishful thinking. Here’s Cal: Scheduling forces you to confront the reality of how much time you actually have and how long things will take. Experts agree that if you don’t consider how long things take, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Sum Up
Here’s why you procrastinate, and 10 tactics that will help you stop
Takeaway: The more boring, frustrating, difficult, meaningless, ambiguous, and unstructured a task is, the more likely you are to procrastinate with it. 10 strategies that will help you stop: flip these characteristics to make a task less aversive, recognize how your brain responds to “cognitive dissonance”, limit how much time you spend on something, be kind to yourself, just get started, list the costs of procrastinating, become better friends with future-you, completely disconnect from the Internet, form “implementation intentions”, and use procrastination as a sign that you should seek out more meaningful work. Whew. Estimated Reading Time: 11 minutes, 48s. When you send an email to Tim Pychyl, a procrastination researcher at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, you don’t have to wait long for a response. Pychyl has been researching and writing about procrastination for more than 20 years, and it shows–he’s one prolific guy. Tim Pychyl 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. The solution to this? 8.
25 TED Talks that will change how you see the world
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” If this sounds like a philosophy you can relate to, then you’ll love TED talks. These informational 17 minute presentations are given at annual conferences by some of the world’s greatest thinkers. Their aim is simple: To inspire ideas and change attitudes around the world. 1. Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch. 2. Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. 3. Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. 4. In this fun, 3-min performance from the World Science Festival, musician Bobby McFerrin uses the pentatonic scale to reveal one surprising result of the way our brains are wired. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life
“Simplicity is the peak of civilization.” – Jessie Sampter By Leo Babauta A simple life has a different meaning and a different value for every person. For me, it means eliminating all but the essential, eschewing chaos for peace, and spending your time doing what’s important to you. It means getting rid of many of the things you do so you can spend time with people you love and do the things you love. However, getting to simplicity isn’t always a simple process. If you’re interested in simplifying your life, this is a great starter’s guide (if you’re not interested, move on). The Short List For the cynics who say that the list below is too long, there are really only two steps to simplifying: Identify what’s most important to you.Eliminate everything else. Of course, that’s not terribly useful unless you can see how to apply that to different areas of your life, so I present to you the Long List. Make a list of your top 4-5 important things.
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Welcome to FlyLady! We are so glad you are here and ready to get started. We can’t wait for you to start FLYing! Don’t get hung up on trying to do this all at once. Step One: Join our e-mail group and read your welcome letter. We have an e-mail list that sends out daily reminders, e-mails from FlyLady, testimonials, missions, and more! Step Two: Begin your FLYing Lessons Don’t know where to start first? Watch this video FlyLady From the HeartShine your sink – this is your first task as a FlyBaby, and also the foundation of FlyLady. Step Three: FlyLady’s Beginner BabySteps Are you ready to jump in where you are? Step Four: Build your control journal Step Five: Get connected
100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything
Posted by Site Administrator in Online Learning May 7th, 2009 Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language. With 100 sites to choose from, you’re bound to find something here that will help you learn just about anything you could want. General Tutorials These sites offer a wide range of tutorials and videos. Around the House Want to know how to fix that broken cabinet or hang up some great wallpaper? Business and Management If you feel like you’re seriously lacking on business and management skills at work, no need to worry. KnowThis? Language and Writing Those who want to learn a new language, improve their writing skills or just learn more about literature will be well-served by these instructional sites. Technology Math S.O.S. Science Creativity
