by Somuchbetter | Jul 3, 2018 | Decision Making, Favourite Read, Prioritise
I like a list. This read is a list of the 9 things the most effective people always do. Note effective, not efficient i.e. getting the right things done. What could you learn from the habits of Elon Musk, Warren Buffett and Herb Keller? See full article here....
by Somuchbetter | Jul 3, 2018 | Decision Making, Favourite Read, Prioritise
This blog post featured in the HuffPost offers a framework for making decisions without regret. The ideas I find most useful are: taking perspective – how would I feel about the decision at 80? paying attention to procrastination – what’s the real...
by Somuchbetter | Jul 3, 2018 | Favourite Read, Prioritise, Say No
This article from The New York Times, The Busy Trap, is longer than I usually recommend but the content is so thought provoking I had to share. Busy is defined as the self imposed extras we feel we have to cram into our lives while idleness is said to be as...
by Somuchbetter | Jun 4, 2018 | Energise, Favourite Read, Focus, Rest
I enjoyed taking 5 minutes to consider this article on how Google employees cope with stress. As a busy bunch who, like many, can suffer the inability to switch off their ‘internal operating system,’ the threat of burn out is high. The main point to take...
by Somuchbetter | Jun 4, 2018 | Favourite Read, Focus, Meetings
A story in Business Insider UK this week claims that most office workers in the UK get distracted during meetings and even work on other things or fall asleep. This blatant waste of time is costly – to the tune of £29 billion each year according to one report....
by Somuchbetter | Jun 4, 2018 | Favourite Read, Focus, Tech Management
Does having productivity apps make you more productive? Only if you use them. In this article, Suzanne Zuppello encourages more awareness when it comes to choosing efficiency tech. She says only choose solutions that fix pain points and aren’t a distraction. She...
