How to engineer a surge of opportunities, options and choices
Published: Fri, 03/24/23
A big factor in my decision to quit my job was this: Taking a good, hard, honest look not just at all the things my job had given me (of which there…
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A message from Seneca
Published: Thu, 03/23/23
Here’s Seneca with a golden gem: Everyone hustles his life along, and is troubled by a longing for the future and weariness of the present. So you…
Ignore every habit of Gwyneth, Elon, Ariana...and the rest of the un-idle rich
Published: Thu, 03/23/23
Here are a few time management and productivity habits from the rich, famous and downright peculiar (my lips are sealed on who's who): 1. Elon Musk…
Why bike-shedding sucks up your time like a blood-thirsty leech in an abattoir
Published: Thu, 03/23/23
A word of warning from one of the founding fathers of time management, Cyril Northcote Parkinson (creator of Parkinson’s Law and author of the book by…
How to avoid being dumped during a candlelit dinner
Published: Wed, 03/22/23
On one of my recent trips down the internet rabbit hole of doom, I stumbled on an article by an American journalist. The article told the befuddling…
How the ancient greeks traded plums and pears for productivity
Published: Wed, 03/22/23
Let me take you back a few thousand years to ancient Greece. Petros the farmer is tending his orchards. His plums and pears are looking juicy and…
A fitness freak’s pro-tips for getting in the zone & defeating distractions
Published: Tue, 03/21/23
I listened to a fascinating podcast with Ken Rideout the other day. Come again? Ken who? Ken Rideout is one of the world’s top over-50 marathon…
The Einstein school of time management
Published: Mon, 03/20/23
A story from the history books: When Einstein published his General Theory of Relativity, pandemonium ensued. Everyone wanted a piece of the frizzy…
Why deadline dodgers are knitting their own noose
Published: Fri, 03/17/23
This week I’ve been e perimenting with Parkinson’s Law. I’ve given myself one hour ma for my daily emails. And apart from running over today, it’s…
I hate working here. What's worse, I might be laid off
Published: Thu, 03/16/23
Lots of chat at the moment about recessions and redundancies.And it reminds me of a phrase I heard a lot during my 9 to 5 days:“I hate working here.