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Frenetic Standstill →

How to stop spending time on the wrong things

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tags: Psychology, productivity, Life
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Saturday 07.29.23
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Boredom is Your Superpower →

Three reasons why you need more boredom in your life

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tags: Boredom, productivity, Mind Hack
categories: Creativity, Humanity
Wednesday 05.10.23
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These Goals Are Bad For You

Setting and tracking measurable goals gives us a feeling of progress. Often, we deceive ourselves.

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tags: Mind Hack, productivity, self-improvement, skills, Goals, Reflection, Advice, Psychology, Observation
categories: Humanity
Wednesday 02.02.22
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Staying Creative in Difficult Times

Four steps that help me keep going

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tags: creative confidence, productivity, self-improvement, Mind Hack, Covid
categories: Creativity
Tuesday 05.26.20
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Stop Wishing Time Away – And Deal With It

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To live happier and more successful lives requires acceptance and flexibility. At work, and at home.

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tags: Covid, life, mind hack, Happiness, productivity, self-improvement
categories: Humanity
Monday 05.11.20
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Guiding Principles for Relentless Collaboration

(via the QuantumBlack blog)

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tags: AGILE, collaboration, Learning, Process, Product development, productivity
categories: Design
Friday 08.30.19
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To Solve Your Hardest Problems Don’t Think About Them — For a While

Take advantage of the ‘Deliberation-Without-Attention’ effect and create your own eureka moments

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tags: mind hack, productivity, Psychology, Design, Work, Creativity
categories: Creativity
Wednesday 11.15.17
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