I believe life balance doesn’t come so much from how you work, but how you rest. Unless you are working 80 hour workweeks in a toxic environment, the answer to the level of balance you have between life and work isn’t going to come from how you spend time in the office but what you […]
Want More Spare Time? The 7-Day Workload Detox
Detox diets seem to be fairly popular these days, where you adopt a bizarre diet for only a few days to flush out toxins. I’m not going to start questioning the medical effectiveness of spending a week eating nothing but broccoli juice, but this does bring up an interesting idea. Could it be possible to […]
The Laziest Solution Possible
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man. He is sure to find an easy way of doing it. -Walter Chrysler Laziness is a fairly underrated virtue. It’s synonym made the short list of deadly sins (sloth) and it is often seen as the major culprit behind […]
Three Strategies for Enhancing Your Day
Over the last few years I’ve really been engaged in the process of enhancing my daily routine so I can get more done and have more fun while I’m at it. Even small optimizations can yield huge dividends in long-term results and have a noticeable impact on short-term quality. In trying to make optimizations I’ve […]
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