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Why we are giving our life away

14/07/2015 /

We all claim to be multi-tasking. But it is not true. Multi-tasking is actually inefficient. Multi-tasking has a cost. In fact, distractions seriously risk to impact on our jobs, our carreer and, above all, our life. We are no more able to focus on a single thing. There’s a lot at stake. Do you want to give “it” away?, asks Tracy Davidson in this TEDx.

Tracy Davidson is anchor of NBC10 News Today. She has been awarded many different prizes related to her job and her commitment in empowering women both personally and professionally.

Boxing with your time

02/07/2015 /

Time management is the hardest challenge of our everyday life. Because of multitasking we often struggle to focus on a single task and to well accomplish that.

Timeboxing is a special approach to time management. It consists in setting a certain ammount of your time in completing a task. Once the time is over, you must switch to another task. This approach forces you to be more efficient in order to accomplish the task before the end of the time available.

Timeboxing can be used to schedule your day but also with your team. It can b every useful in order to avoid distractions and keep the focus on waht you are doing.

This article describes this innovative approach in time management.

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Working hours and quality of time

18/06/2015 /

Reducing working hours can be good for productivity? Economists have suspected it for some time: with higher working hours labour output per hour would fall. The number of working hours is not what matters. Rather, it’s the quality of your time and effort that drives success.

But working less and accomplishing more is not easy. Innovation, creativity, time management are your best allies. Micha Kaufman, Internet entrepreneur, in his article on Forbes suggests 10 Tips to work less and accomplish more:

  1. Have two computers, one for work and one for play;
  2. Being productive is impossible if you are not at your best;
  3. Hear your favorite tunes;
  4. Work nice with others;
  5. Love your to do lists;
  6. Take a break;
  7. Reduce the noise;
  8. Love your job or leave it;
  9. Recharge your batteries
  10. At some point just stop.

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The gift of today

24/02/2015 /

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $ 86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every night, it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use. What would you do? Draw out every cent every day, of course.

However, each of us has such a bank, not in dollars but in TIME. Every morning, it credits you 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off as lost whatever you have failed to invest to good purpose. There is no balance, no overdraft. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss if yours.

There is no going back. There is no drawing against “tomorrow”. You must live in the present on today’s deposit.

The clock is running. Make the most of today.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present !

(Thanks to Ed Gelbstein for this contribution)

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Tackling procrastination

10/02/2015 /

In this video Dr. Barbara Oakley explains why “Procrastination can be a single
monumentally important keystone bad habit, a habit in other words that influences
many important areas of your life. If you improve your abilities in this area many other positive changes will gradually begin to unfold.”

The video has been realized for the course: “Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects” available on Coursera.

The value of time

05/02/2015 /
  • To realize the value of one year, ask the student who failed a grade
  • To realize the value of one month, ask the mother who gave birth to a premature baby
  • To realize the value of one week, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper
  • To realize the value of one day, ask the person whose vacation ends tomorrow
  • To realize the value of one hour, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet
  • To realize the value of one minute, ask the commuter who just missed a train
  • To realize the value of one second, ask the driver who just avoided an accident
  • To realize the value of one millisecond, ask the swimmer who won a silver medal in the Olympics

Treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one.

(Thanks to Ed Gelbstein for this contribution)

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Things to do before bedtime

18/11/2014 /

Every day is a new challenge.

To get the most of each working hour, Matthew Toren suggests that these 5 things to do before going to sleep will increase our productivity:

1 Take a look at the calendar

2 Get the gym bag ready

3 Turn off the phone

4 Write in your journal

5 Read a real book

Read the full article here.

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10 Small Things You Can Do Every Day to Get Smarter

21/08/2014 /

Which of these 10 ideas can you fit into your daily routine?

  1. Be smarter about your online time.
  2. Write down what you learn.
  3. Make a ‘did’ list.
  4. Get out the Scrabble board.
  5. Have smart friends.
  6. Read a lot.
  7. Explain it to others.
  8. Do random new things.
  9. Learn a new language.
  10. Take some downtime.

From the article: 10 Small Things You Can Do Every Day to Get Smarter – Inc.com

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Quality time matters!

12/06/2014 /

This may sound fluffy but it’s an important perspective to take: 10 hours of work when you’re exhausted, cranky and distracted might be far less productive than 3 hours when you’re “in the zone.”

Eric Barker on Times Online Magazine explains that “Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance”.
So, if you want to work like an athlete, here are things to take into consideration:
#1  Get enough sleep: Nobody is at their best when exhausted;
#2  Know your prime hours and use them strategically;
#3  Time meals and snacks to make sure you have the energy to do solid work and you’re not hungry or sluggish when you need to perform;
#4  Strategically use rituals that keep you positive and energized;
#5  Schedule evening and weekend activities that recharge you.

No doubt, time management skills are necessary. But just as with your relationships, “quality time” matters!

Read more on: Time Management Skills Are Stupid. Here’s What Works.

time managementPresident Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in Cabinet Room meeting
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