The Optimized Woman: Using Your Menstrual Cycle to Achieve Success and Fulfillment

Many businesspeople find that they get excellent connected intuitive periods just by taking a little think-time. Gay Hendricks in his book The Corporate Mystic recorded the results of interviews with many corporate CEOs, who said that simply spending some time thinking every day helped greatly. Many of them had a remarkably similar approach of taki

Now, she found she could look for gaps throughout the day, times that could be used to transform her thoughts, feelings and behaviour.

The cycle follows a pattern that usually begins with guilt-free play, or at least the scheduling of it. That gives you a sense of freedom about your life that enables you to more easily settle into a short period of focused, quality work. Once you’ve completed some quality work on your project, your feeling of self-control increases, as does your c

How I Like to Spend My Time At what time of day do I feel energized? When do I drag? Do I like racing from one activity to another, or do I prefer unhurried transitions? What activities take up my time but aren’t particularly useful or stimulating? Would I like to spend more time with friends, or by myself? Do I have several things on my calendar t

summary, mindful productivity aims to answer three questions: Managing your energy: When is my magic window? Managing your executive function: What belongs in this window? Managing your emotions: How can I keep the window open?