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How to make a special occasion special
There are exactly two rules for making a special occasion special.
How to stay focused when working from home
Focusing on work when you’re at home can be a challenge! That’s why you need simple tricks to help your brain be fully focused.
5 ways that being kind to yourself is more productive than pushing yourself harder
Research shows that willpower fails us about 50% of the time, and pushing yourself harder doesn’t actually mean you get more done. Here are five ways that exercising some self-compassion and going easy on yourself is actually more productive than pushing yourself harder.
Why does gratitude work, anyway?
Have you ever played tetris? In high school, I used to play it a lot. I’d play for hours on end, and then go to bed and see brightly coloured shapes falling, falling, falling across the backs of my eyelids. Gratitude is like tetris.
There’s proof: Sometimes a messy desk is more efficient
You have a few pieces of paper in your hand. Do you plonk them on your desk, or file them away? In other words: are you a “piler”, or a “filer”?
To-do lists that actually work
Want to write to-do lists that actually work? Here’s a selection of best-practice advice from around the web.
Five questions to ask before buying a planner for the new year
Earlier this year, I made a mistake: I bought a fancy-pants planner I’d been hearing everyone rave about. “It’s so amazing!” they all said. And … it didn’t work for me. Here’s five questions to help you avoid the same mistake.
Paper vs. digital (revisited)
It’s a question as ancient as the smartphone: should you write a paper to-do list, or a digital one? Here’s why you might need a bit of both.
Should I motivate myself with rewards?
Does bribing yourself with rewards actually work? Well… it’s complicated.
Five tips for communicating with your remote team
You need to get your team on the same page about how and when to communicate, stat. But you don’t know where to start. I hear you. Here are five principles of good communication for you and your team.
Why you should put EVERYTHING on your to-do list
You have a coffee in the morning, realise that you’re about to be out of milk, and think “Oh, I should get milk.” And then your brain helpfully reminds you several times throughout the day that you need to get milk. So far, so good.
What kind of life do YOU want to live?
Productivity skills work best when they act in service of living a life aligned with your deepest interests and values.
Real relaxation
Here’s a selection of excerpts from things I’ve read or listened to recently, on the theme of “real relaxation”.