Tag: productivity
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We Make Everything Harder
By Leo Babauta It sometimes amazes me how we make everything harder for ourselves than it needs to be — myself included. That’s not a bad thing — it’s simply human. Harder is not worse. We learn from harder. So there’s a beauty and a sense to it. That said, once we see how much…
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Create Exquisite Focus Amidst Chaos
by Leo Babauta I’ve worked with lots of incredible people who want to create something — whether it’s art, a book, a business, or some impact on the world. One of the stories we often have when we want to create is that we’re too busy, pulled in too many direction, or need to clear…
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Streamlining Work from Home: The Kanban Method
With more and more businesses and employees opting for remote work, it’s important to ensure productivity remains high while working from home. While the comfort and flexibility of working from one’s own environment can be a major advantage, it can also lead to distractions and decreased productivity. In order to combat these challenges, many teams…
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Maximizing Productivity with the Pomodoro Technique: A Guide for Self-Employed Professionals Working from Home
The Pomodoro Technique has become more well-known in recent years as a quick and effective time management technique for people who want to boost their productivity, lower their stress levels, and improve their work-life balance. The Pomodoro Technique involves breaking up work into concentrated periods of time, usually 25 minutes, with short breaks in between.…
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The Art of Effortless Decision Making
By Leo Babauta So many of us spend a ton of time and energy stuck in indecision — the stress and delays that come with this are quite incredible. One of the things I’m proud of about myself is my ability to make decisions quite effortlessly. This isn’t to brag — there are costs to that…
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9 Must-Have Windows Tools For Working From Home Productivity
Any person or organization looking to achieve its goals and objectives must be productive. Utilizing the appropriate tools is one of the most efficient ways to increase productivity. Some of the software on this list is software that I personally use. My time and energy levels are specifically optimized throughout the day by f.lux. Overall,…
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10 Helpful Work and Productivity Apps
Numerous productivity apps are available to help people and teams organize their work and finish more tasks faster. We’ll go over 10 of the most practical work and productivity apps in this article so you can stay on top of your to-do list, stay organized, and communicate clearly. You can stay organized, communicate clearly, and…
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Become Your New Habit
by Leo Babauta Quitting an old habit or forming a new habit is fairly simple when it comes to the steps to doing it: find your trigger and do a new habit at that trigger over and over. Remind yourself to do it. Make it rewarding. The simplicity is deceptive, though: there are some physical…
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Effortless Effort: Relaxing While Trying Hard
BY LEO BABAUTA I’ve noticed that a lot of us will be pretty wiped out at the end of a long day of work or social activity, to the point where we need time to recuperate from exhaustion. There’s nothing wrong with that, but let’s talk about the possibility of doing hard things without exhausting ourselves.…
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Curbing a Compulsive Habit: A Primer
by Leo Babauta The habits we just can’t seem to quit can be very challenging — not only are they hard to change, they can have negative effects on our lives, and make us feel bad about ourselves. In this post, I’d like to talk about a few things I’ve found helpful to curb a…
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The Body as a Vessel for Living
by Leo Babauta Something I’ve noticed is that we spend a lot of our lives wrapping our identity in our bodies. If our body is something we’re proud of, we feel really good about ourselves … but much more often, it’s a sense that something is wrong with us because our bodies don’t hit some…
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How to Let Go of Obsessive Overthinking
BY LEO BABAUTA Sometimes, our heads won’t stop thinking about something. Our thoughts will spin around and around, not willing to let go, obsessing. It might be about another person, a big event coming up, or about ourselves. It might be overthinking a decision, big or small. There’s nothing wrong with this. It’s a human thing…
The Home Office Bug 