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How Self Control Works, And How To Boost Your Willpower By Better Understanding It It’s no secret that the bulk of people take on more work than they can accomplish in a given week. It’s a confidence thing because at the beginning of a week we feel like we can do it all but by the end we have no interest in all those errands. Productivity blogger Scott Young suggests the best way to avoid this is to simply embrace your weaknesses and stop littering your to-dos with things you’re not going to do.
This quotation comes from business magnate Richard Branson, who has certainly seen his share of business opportunities. When we want something, we can sometimes end up with a laser-like focus on that thing that distracts us from other possibilities. Opportunities definitely fall into that category.
“Nothing destroys a good idea faster than a mandatory consensus. The lowest common denominator is never a high standard.”
You have a busy life and a to-do list a mile long. Unfortunately, simply adding a new task to your to-do list doesn’t actually mean it’ll get done. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could get out in front of your to-dos and even have a little time to think about how you can work smarter instead of slaving away every day? You can, and it’s easy to do. You just need to incorporate a weekly review into your schedule.
“Ripeness is all” is a line in Shakespeare’s King Lear: “Men must endure their going hence, even as their coming hither: Ripeness is all.” It speaks to being ready for inevitable death, but also, as children’s book author Maurice Sendak explains, savouring your life and making the most of every moment until the end.
A picture doing the rounds claims to be the note presented to Apple employees on their first day at work. Would being told that you’re about to do the kind of work that you’ll want to “sacrifice a weekend for” make you feel like you’d arrived at your dream workplace, or would you run screaming for the hills?
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” ~ Steve Jobs
In a Creative Mornings talk, creative thinker Simon Sinek demonstrates very clearly how the way you phrase a request for something you want will often mean the difference between someone helping you and someone finding you annoying. It all has to do with the order.
Bad things happen to all of us from time to time, but the world keeps turning, our bosses expect us to continue our work and our appointments and obligations don’t go away. So how do you find time to cope without letting everyone down? Simple: cut yourself some slack, trim your to-do list to the essentials, and give yourself time to reboot.
Fans of the previously mentioned Mindbloom Life Game, which rewards you with levels and points for doing healthy, positive things for yourself, will love the Bloom app for the iPhone, which helps you stay motivated on the go, get quick activities to help you keep going through a tough day. The app picked up a major update today and now allows you to use your own music and photos to build custom reminders to eat lunch away from your desk, connect with your loved ones, relax and de-stress over the course of the day.
