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You know that feeling when you finally sit down to work on a project, and it takes you 20 minutes just to remember where you left off? You stare at the screen. Reread yesterday’s work. Check your notes. By the time you’re back in the flow, you’ve burned through your best mental energy. Ernest Hemingway… Read More »Flow with the Hemingway effect
From the moment I woke up, I was switching tasks. While brushing my teeth, I’d check emails on my phone. During online meetings, I’d work on other projects. I’d sit at my computer with multiple screens ablaze, email alerts pinging, phone buzzing, convinced that I was a productivity machine. But in chasing efficiency, I was… Read More »The One-and-Done task system
I used to swear by the classic Pomodoro technique. 25 minutes of focused work followed by a quick break – it seemed like the perfect recipe for focused productivity. I’d sit down, set my timer, and dive in with gusto. But more often than not, just as I hit my stride, the buzzer would jolt… Read More »Enhance your productivity with Pomodoro 2.0
Early in my marriage, conversations with my spouse often left me feeling resentful and unappreciated. I couldn’t understand why my partner wasn’t meeting my needs despite my constant reminders of what I wanted. Sound familiar? It took me years to realize I was going about it all wrong. I wasn’t expressing my needs effectively. Demanding… Read More »Make requests, not demands
Two years into my marriage, the honeymoon phase ended with a silent, sudden crash. Suddenly, everything that was once endearing about my husband now got on my last nerve. Leaving dirty socks on the floor, forgetting to take out the trash, chewing too loudly – each tiny irritation compounded until I found myself wondering, “What… Read More »Choose to love your partner (in hard times)
For months, I stared at the ceiling, desperate for sleep that wouldn’t come. Insomnia had me in its grip and wouldn’t let go. I tried everything – sleeping pills, relaxation apps, herbal teas. Nothing worked. My days were a foggy, exhausted blur, and my nights an endless cycle of tossing, turning and mounting anxiety. I… Read More »Sleep compression for better sleep
Close your eyes and picture yourself 20 years from now. What do you look like? How’s your health? Your relationships? Your finances? Now, imagine that future self could travel back in time and chat with you today. What would they beg you to do differently? What regrets would they urge you to avoid? This surreal… Read More »Future self-visualisation for better decisions and a happier life
In my mind, walking for exercise was something you did when you weren’t fit enough for “real” workouts. I pictured seniors in visors, speedwalking around the block. I thought the term “power walking” was an oxymoron. How could something as low-key as walking be powerful? Power walking takes the basic movement of walking and kicks… Read More »Powerwalking
The Eat the Frog method boosts productivity by tackling your hardest, most important task first each morning before easier to-dos drain your energy and willpower. Do your hardest, most impactful task first Imagine two to-do lists. The first is crammed with dozens of small, easy tasks. The second has just 1-3 daunting but important priorities.… Read More »Eat the frog
Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon, doesn’t start his day like most of us. The billionaire founder of Amazon has a morning routine that’s the stuff of legend – but not for the reasons you might expect. Instead of jumping straight into emails, meetings, and the digital rat race, he takes his time. He savours… Read More »The 1-hour no-screens morning routine
