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Mindfulness and Productivity: How Being Present Can Improve Your Work

Mindfulness and Productivity: How Being Present Can Improve Your Work Table of Contents Introduction The Science Behind Mindfulness The Impact of Mindfulness on Productivity Practical Ways to Incorporate Mindfulness into Your Workday Mindfulness Techniques for Improved Productivity Overcoming Challenges in Practising Mindfulness Conclusion Introduction Did you know that 47% of our waking hours are spent […]

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Get More Done in Less Time

Get More Done in Less Time Would you like to get more done in less time? Want to boost profits in your business, get promoted quicker of be a stress free parent? Then beware of Parkinson. Parkinson’s Law “Parkinson’s Law” states that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. Or

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How To Get Things Done

Get Things Done Why is it when we have so much to do, we end up doing so little? Is it because when we’re confronted with so many tasks, we find ourselves so overwhelmed that we end up doing none of them? If so, how do we turn this thing around and get things done?

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Learning How to Get More Things Done, Quickly

Learning How to Get More Things Done, Quickly Do you ever find yourself wondering how you’re going to get more things done today? Have the tasks mounted up so much that you feel overwhelmed and don’t know where to start? Or do you just have one really important task that seems to be taking so

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Four Top Tips to Beat Procrastination

Four Top Tips to Beat Procrastination Procrastination is a time and energy drainer. If only we could beat procrastination. Have you ever experienced having something really important to do and found yourself doing absolutely anything else other than that important task in hand? You know the impact of not doing something and yet somehow get

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How to Keep Yourself Motivated

How to Keep Yourself Motivated. Did you make yourself New Year’s Resolutions this year? How are you getting on with those? If they’ve fallen by the wayside you’re not alone. Research shows that almost 50% of people will have broken theirs already. Keeping a high level of motivation and getting things done isn’t always easy.

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Missing Your Goal? Change Your Aim!

Missing your goal? Change your Aim A couple of months ago I had a call from a prospective new client. He told me that despite his best efforts and intentions his life seemed stuck. It wasn’t that he was in a particularly bad place, quite the opposite. Most people would look in from the outside

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When the Solution is Simpler than the Problem

When the Solution is Simpler than the Problem Back in the 1960’s there was a cosmic rivalry commonly known as the “Space Race” with the USA and Russia battling to put the first man on the moon. When NASA started launching manned spacecraft they found out that their astronauts couldn’t use pens to write their

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Who Wants to be a Billionaire?

How often have you sat down and thought about being a Billionaire? Unless you are in the tiniest percentage of the world’s population, probably never. Compare that to how many times you may have daydreamed about what it would be like to be a Millionaire, lots? Have you thought about that big business deal finally

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3 Steps to Confident Public Speaking

3 Steps to Confident Public Speaking Speaking in front of a group comes easily to some people. Others have to work at making their delivery calm, smooth and interesting. While there are all sorts of strategies that public speakers use to get ready for a speaking engagement, there are three key steps that you must

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The Power of Focus

The Power of Focus Focus is essential for success in many ways. It can keep us from making mistakes on the job or at school. In some situations it can mean the difference between life and death. Imagine if an airplane mechanic or a surgeon lost focus at a crucial moment. One loose bolt or

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How to Create Yourself an Extra Hour a Day

How to Create Yourself an Extra Hour a Day This Sunday, October 25th, British Summer Time ends (I wonder if it even started this year?). Remember to put your clocks back one hour this Saturday night. It means lighter mornings but darker evenings. As the evenings draw shorter it doesn’t sound too positive, but I

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