Personal Effectiveness

Until You Have Productivity Skills, Productivity Tools Are Useless

Maura Thomas

To improve our productivity, we tend to start by searching for new tools or new applications. In fact, we should rather start with methodology.

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Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

Tim Urban

A TED Talk that presents what is at play in a procrastinator’s brain with a lot of humor.

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Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain

Daniel J. Levitin

Neurosciences show us how important it is to give our brain real periods of rest and to work through successive blocks while limiting interruptions.

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Work-Life “Balance” Isn’t the Point

Christine M. Riordan

Because the distinction between private and professional life has become meaningless, we must adopt a more comprehensive view of work-life balance.

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Stop Work Overload By Setting These Boundaries

Elizabeth Grace Saunders

Budget your available time to escape constant professional overload.

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Embrace Work-Life Imbalance

Thomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Stop seeing work and personal life as opposed by getting more pleasure out of your work.

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Real Leaders Have Real Lives

Stew Friedman

Replicate what works well in your work to your private life, and vice-versa.

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Why You Need to Make Your Life More Automatic

Tony Schwartz

Introduce rituals as a performance enhancer.

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Ballast: A Tool for Finding Work-Life Balance

Sabina Nawaz, John P. Williamson

Identify your core values to achieve effective work-life balance.

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You’ll Feel Less Rushed If You Give Time Away

Cassie Mogilner

We get a sense of regaining control over our agenda when we choose to devote time to people who need help.

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