We sometimes fall into the trap of thinking about ourselves that we are going to get better, we are going to change, we are going to not be late at our meetings, and these types of wishful attributes that we want to have. Still, day in and day out there is not a single thing done from our side that would bring us closer to those objectives. Continue reading
Month: May 2016
I think the number one technique that should be learned about managing time is having a compelling reason to save it. There are a lot of blog posts in the internet regarding this issue of telling you how to manage your priorities in life and thus saving more time for other important things. Being so, there is no excuse for someone to say that I do not know how to manage my time. One thing that I have consistently seen missing from these articles is that they do not put into the question the emotional factors, or reasons that would be as a motivation for a person to be more productive. Continue reading
A few weeks ago I heard the second interview with the so called, chess prodigy, Josh Waitzkin, at the Tim Ferriss Show, at which Josh mentioned something that has stick to me from that day. He said that top performers are usually people who “embrace the funk”, their type of personality and want to display their true selves from the performance that they do. Continue reading
A few years ago a friend of mine told me that when he is trying to make an important decision, rather than just thinking about it, he used a clipped piece of paper for it. He wrote down there what where his current thoughts, possible approaches and alternatives towards the end. According to him, this is a very beneficial way of making decisions, as it tends to be a rational one and which is also based on realistic circumstances and surprising obstacles, which are often forgotten when only thinking about them. Continue reading
Best selling author, Seth Godin in a podcast interview in the Tim Feriss Show recently was asked to give suggestions about getting good ideas. He said that it simply does not happen to come at a great idea regularly, but you keep writing about a lot of ideas on a consistent basis and then, after a lot of bad ideas have been written down, you then are able to come across to a good idea. He mentioned a time when he and one of his friend used to generate hundred of business ideas on a weekly meeting. This practice was done as they felt it as a helpful strategy for their future intended careers. Continue reading