Mateo Balaña Paemen
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Mateo Balaña Paemen
Dont aim for better ways to get through a task. Instead look for projects you never wanna stop doing. Surrender to your nature.
"Surrender to your nature”
Smallness
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The word priority didn't always mean what it does today.In his best-selling book, Essentialism (audiobook), Greg McKeown explains the surprising history of the word and how its meaning has shifted over time.“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for... See more
James Clear • The Myth of Multitasking: Why Fewer Priorities Leads to Better Work
Ivy Lee implemented this method with the employees of Charles Schwab, one of the richest men in the world, at the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1918. The cost of the training? “Nothing” Lee said, “Unless it works. After three months, you can send me a check for whatever you feel it's worth to you.”
jamesclear.com • The Ivy Lee Method: The Daily Routine for Peak Productivity
After chatting with a fellow commuter, people were in a much better mood. But when asked to predict what it would be like to talk to someone on their train ride, people expected that it would be better to sit in silence rather than talk.
Gillian Sandstrom • Why you should talk to strangers | BPS
Don’t shy away from emotion
Productivity and
*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
James Clear • Never Check Email Before Noon (And Other Thoughts on Doing Your Best Work)
What happens when children are denied this kind of spontaneous free play - denied the space to pretend? The most extreme end of research - and it is admittedly extreme - can be found in the work of psychiatrist Stuart Brown. After the 1966 shooting at the University of Texas, where Charles Whitman short forty-six people from the top of a tower on
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