Imagine if you could flip anger into fuel for a procrastination-busting work session!
There’s no question emotions have an impact on your productivity. They affect your energy, focus, willpower levels, etc. For instance, when you're happy, you get more done, right? Better working relationships, more stamina, etc.
But what about negative emotions?
"The #1 productivity tool your aren't using," is what Forbes called the practice of journaling.
Research from Harvard Business School says it can boost your performance and impact your career success. Sir Richard Branson calls it, “my secret life hack.” And I call it an ADHD natural remedy. Yep. Just...writing stuff
"If I only knew then what I know now (about mental performance hacks!)."
As a “mess-to-success entrepreneur,” I’ve seen both the deep end of drug addiction and the pinnacle of corporate success, as well as entrepreneurial glory with multiple start-ups. But in between were several years where I really struggled as
"Your life is a product of your own choices. So if you don't like your life, it's time to make better choices."
OK, sure. But better decision-making is easier said than done.
If we always made the best decisions, we’d all be Richard Branson, right?
So many of the most consequential decisions
"Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance."
- Tony Schwartz, CEO The Energy Project
There’s plenty written about time management. But what about energy management?
After all, you can’t increase the number of hours in your day, but you can manage, expand and better focus your energy.
“If you could wake
"Most of the actions that result in an extraordinary life are small and easy."
That's a quote from my friend, personal development guru Jonathan Butcher. And those small, easy things he’s referring to are just habits, routines and productivity rituals practiced over and over again.
Yes, habits, routines and rituals are the
"Each morning I am aware that there is a finite amount of time and energy in this day." - Oprah Winfrey
Oprah knows about Energy Vampires.
Imagine if you had more energy every day...What would you do with it? Start on that project you’ve been putting off? Finish that thing that you just haven’t
"One thing we ADHDers never have enough of is time. So if there’s one thing we should never be wasting...it’s...yep...TIME!" - Alan Brown
I’m not one for brow-beating my fellow ADHD tribesters, but when it comes to time-wasting, I do get a little preachy. In fact, I was writing part of
Sit up and take notice: Bad posture is bad for your ADHD brain!
I’ve talked a lot about the brain-body connection as it relates to productivity, and a recent New York Times article highlights the effects poor posture can have on the body, such as back and neck pain, muscle fatigue,
The Classic Time-Wasters at Work
A really easy way to get more stuff done every day would be to identify a few things you’re wasting time on every day – not just the classic time-wasters, but importantly, the things you don’t realize are eating up your precious time.
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