Showing posts with label Productivity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Productivity. Show all posts
Friday, 17 July 2015
The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen at TEDxClaremontColleges
Interesting TEDx video from the writer of "Getting Things Done", David Allen.
This is one of the books I've read and used that made a difference!
Check it out:
Monday, 13 July 2015
5 Habits that lead to more Happiness
Happier people are more productive. Way more productive.
According to psychologist (and happiness researcher) Shawn Achor, when your brain is happy, it “performs significantly better than it does at negative, neutral, or stressed. Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, [and] your energy levels rise”.
Achor has deeply explored the topic, and has uncovered that happy people:
Are 31% more productive (this one’s my favourite)
Have 37% better sales figures
Have better, more secure jobs
Are better at keeping their jobs
Are more resilient
Have less burnout
And more. Happy doctors are even “19% faster, [and] more accurate at coming up right the right diagnosis at positive instead of negative, neutral, or stressed”.
According to Achor, “if we can find a way of become positive in the present, then our brains work even more successfully as we’re able to work harder, faster, and more intelligently.” Luckily, there are a number of scientifically-proven ways that you can rewire your brain to become happier. Achor suggests five of them you should do every day:
According to Achor, these activities done “in just a two-minute span of time, [for] 21 days in a row, [can] actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to actually rework more optimistically and more successfully. Happiness “turns on all of the learning centers in your brain, allowing you to adapt to the world in a different way”.
Even though two minutes appears to be enough to rewire how you think, I personally think that’s the least you can do, particularly when happier, positive people are 31% more productive.
Source
According to psychologist (and happiness researcher) Shawn Achor, when your brain is happy, it “performs significantly better than it does at negative, neutral, or stressed. Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, [and] your energy levels rise”.
Achor has deeply explored the topic, and has uncovered that happy people:
Are 31% more productive (this one’s my favourite)
Have 37% better sales figures
Have better, more secure jobs
Are better at keeping their jobs
Are more resilient
Have less burnout
And more. Happy doctors are even “19% faster, [and] more accurate at coming up right the right diagnosis at positive instead of negative, neutral, or stressed”.
According to Achor, “if we can find a way of become positive in the present, then our brains work even more successfully as we’re able to work harder, faster, and more intelligently.” Luckily, there are a number of scientifically-proven ways that you can rewire your brain to become happier. Achor suggests five of them you should do every day:
- Recall three things you’re grateful for. In Achor’s studies, after doing this for 21 days, people’s brains begin to “retain a pattern of scanning the world not for the negative, but for the positive first”, making them much happier.
- Journal one great experience you had. “Journalling about one positive experience you've had over the past 24 hours allows your brain to relive it.”
- Exercise. “Exercise teaches your brain that your behaviour matters”, and it helps you solidify the connection between your actions and their rewards. Exercise is also a great way to focus better.
- Meditate. Achor: “We find that meditation allows your brain to get over the cultural ADHD that we've been creating by trying to do multiple tasks at once. It allows our brains to focus on the task at hand.”
- Perform a random act of kindness. It doesn't matter if your act of kindness is buying a coffee for the person after you in line, volunteering, or sending a positive email. Achor gets “people, when they open up their inbox, to write one positive email, praising or thanking someone in their social support network.”
According to Achor, these activities done “in just a two-minute span of time, [for] 21 days in a row, [can] actually rewire your brain, allowing your brain to actually rework more optimistically and more successfully. Happiness “turns on all of the learning centers in your brain, allowing you to adapt to the world in a different way”.
Even though two minutes appears to be enough to rewire how you think, I personally think that’s the least you can do, particularly when happier, positive people are 31% more productive.
Source
Monday, 18 May 2015
Enjoy your Success: 5 Tips
Is it possible to have both? To be successful and enjoy it? Here are 5 tips to make it happen.
Balance
Before even starting up any business,it's a good idea to consider how to balance your business with your life. For example you could use practical tools to be able to work when and where it suits you and automate your business not only to gain efficiency, but also scalability.
Work when it suits you
Not everybody is the same, maybe you are a morning person or you prefer working on certain tasks in the evening. Work when it suits you best. Working on what you actually like and at the times you like it, will make you more efficient and happy.
Teach others
To free up time it is useful to focus on teaching to others and transfer responsibilities. Certain activities can even be done better by others depending their existing skills. You will become much more productive via teaching.
Learn to say NO
Prioritise the things you want to do not only in business, but very important also in your social life. Say no to the things in your private live that are taking too much quantity of free time and focus on quality time.
Live in the moment
Do not expect happiness to come at the point you succeed. You will sacrifice your time in pursuit of success. Live in the moment and enjoy the journey. "The journey is the reward."
Balance
Before even starting up any business,it's a good idea to consider how to balance your business with your life. For example you could use practical tools to be able to work when and where it suits you and automate your business not only to gain efficiency, but also scalability.
Work when it suits you
Not everybody is the same, maybe you are a morning person or you prefer working on certain tasks in the evening. Work when it suits you best. Working on what you actually like and at the times you like it, will make you more efficient and happy.
Teach others
To free up time it is useful to focus on teaching to others and transfer responsibilities. Certain activities can even be done better by others depending their existing skills. You will become much more productive via teaching.
Learn to say NO
Prioritise the things you want to do not only in business, but very important also in your social life. Say no to the things in your private live that are taking too much quantity of free time and focus on quality time.
Live in the moment
Do not expect happiness to come at the point you succeed. You will sacrifice your time in pursuit of success. Live in the moment and enjoy the journey. "The journey is the reward."
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