Mateo Balaña Paemen

"Most people spend it getting dressed, getting ready, and rushing out the door. What if that time was spent making yourself a better person? What if you woke up an hour *before* you needed to each day and worked on yourself? How much better would you be at work, in your relationships, and as a person?"

When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lion’s face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.

“By this they mean that subtle physiological changes in their bodies provide cues helping them rapidly select from a range of possible trades the one that just ‘feels right.’ Our findings suggest that the gut feelings informing this decision are more than the mythical entities of financial lore — they are real physiological signals, valuable ones... See more

*The single most important change you can make in your working habits is to switch to creative work first, reactive work second. This means blocking off a large chunk of time every day for creative work on your own priorities, with the phone and e-mail off.**–*Mark McGuinness, [Manage Your... See more

So, if talking to strangers seems daunting to you, it might help to think that by doing so, you could give someone the gift of being seen.

The Ivy Lee Method: 1. At the end of each work day, write down the six most important things you need to accomplish tomorrow. Do not write down more than six tasks.2. Prioritize those six items in order of their true importance.3. When you arrive tomorrow, concentrate only on the first task. Work until the first task is finished before moving on to... See more