In his book, “Getting Things Done“, David Allen discusses the importance of productivity and how to achieve it. He argues that the best way to become productive is by clearing your mind of any distractions and focusing on the task at hand.
The Motivation Myth is a fantastic book that breaks down motivation and success. Author Jeff Haden will dive into how to cultivate motivation and use it to achieve your goals.
Flow is a book all about the optimal experience. Author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was interested in finding out when exactly people feel most happy. Through his research, he found that happiness is not something that just happens. It’s cultivated. This book dives into principles and evidence to show how one can transform a
Deep Work is a guide to cultivating intense focus to succeed in the modern, distracted world. To perform deep work entails focusing without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. This book is broken into two parts. The first part of the book will explain why deep work is valuable, why it is rare, and why it is meaningful.
If you are an avid reader and someone who reads for the sake of gaining knowledge, reading more books is something that will interest you. It’s not solely about the volume of books you read. It’s about the volume of information you retain from what you read. To retain more, you must forget less. It …
Putting in the hours to learn something is grueling enough, but forgetting what you learned and having to repeat the process is even worse. Sadly, the reality is that we forget most of what we learn in just a short period of time. Consuming information is useless if you are unable to recall it. In The …
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“I’ll just do it tomorrow.” That’s what we constantly tell ourselves about various things in our lives. For our chores, diet, and work load, we tell ourselves that we’ll get to it tomorrow. The problem is, we say the same thing tomorrow. This irrational delaying and postponing of a task is something you are likely …
The Zeigarnik effect states that failure to complete a task creates cognitive tension in your mind that persists until you complete the task. This tension will keep the thought of the task at the forefront of your mind until there is closure. This can be detrimental when you are trying to get something off of your mind.
The Productivity Project is a book named after a journey that the author, Chris Bailey, embarked on. Chris denied two job offers to dive into a year-long project to try to become as productive as possible. He did extensive research and experimented with every tip and method out there that he could find.
Finding ways to stay focused at work can be challenging for many. Every few minutes, it feels like your mind drifts away from what you are supposed to work on. Once you finally get into a groove, someone comes and chats with you or you receive a notification from your cell phone.
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