Tag: busy
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One up your sleeve, making work enjoyable, and creativity
A busy calendar is the death of creativity.
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Some reflections for a milestone birthday
Which mountain are you climbing? And is it still the right one?
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Better holidays
“We often live with a forward momentum. When you suddenly stop, it can feel like musical chairs, and the music has just stopped and your standing there and you don’t have a chair. And that’s really disconcerting, because part of what we do, which I think leads to a lot of burnout and existential struggle,…
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Burnout doesn’t lead to happiness
“Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.” Daniel Kahneman
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Making a case for boredom
“They do not fear boredom as much as work without pleasure; they actually require a lot of boredom if their work is to succeed. For thinkers and all sensitive spirits, boredom is that disagreeable “windless calm” of the soul that precedes a happy voyage and cheerful winds. They have to bear it and must wait…
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Continuous improvement
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection” Mark Twain I had a busy week last week. Things felt a bit hectic, so I decided to take a few days off posting to the blog. I needed to focus on what was important at the time. Now I look back and have a slight regret for…
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Journaling can change your life
“I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.” Anne Frank The cost of busy We get so caught up in the business of our lives that often we don’t really know what is going on inside. How are we?…
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Are you busy being “busy”?
“It’s amazing how many things busy people are doing that will never be missed.” Peter Drucker It’s easy to get caught up being “busy”. Endless emails, meetings, and tasks to complete. Soon our days all become one big blur. It all melts into the same. We feel like we are running on the spot and…