Productivity skills that make life better – not faster.
What’s your procrastination trigger?Take the quiz to find out! TAKE ME TO THE QUIZ! Let’s talk about procrastination. You know that thing that you’re maybe doing right now? Don’t go away! I … Continue reading Why you REALLY procrastinate
Did you know that only 8% of people keep their New Year’s resolutions? But with these two words, you can triple your chances of keeping yours.
Back in mid-December, before I took a couple of weeks of holiday, I scheduled a blog post for today. It was about how to keep your New Year’s resolutions.But, truthfully?Nothing … Continue reading How small actions really do help
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.
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.
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”?
Want to write to-do lists that actually work? Here’s a selection of best-practice advice from around the web.
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.
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.
Does bribing yourself with rewards actually work? Well… it’s complicated.
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.
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.