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Bloomberg Businessweek recently wrote about the benefits of power-napping: Don’t expect to find Ronit Rogoszinski in meetings, entertaining clients, or hunched over her desk around lunchtime. The 45-year-old wealth adviser and financial planner in New York describes herself as an expert “practitioner of the power nap.” After waking up at about 5 a.m., sending her kids [...]

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In a recent study conducted by the University of California, Irvine, researchers attached heart rate monitors to office workers while also monitoring what programs they were using, and what did they find? Probably something you already knew: Frequent email checkers are stressed out, and removing the constant email-checking from a worker’s habits meant more focus [...]

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I spend a lot of time in my job speaking with people from all over the globe and so ensuring I know what time it is for them and that I’m not ringing them at some unearthly hour is imperative. Every Time Zone is a real handy site to bookmark! See how your local time [...]

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I loved Seth Godin’s blog post on Why ask why? “Why?” is the most important question, not asked nearly enough. Hint: “Because I said so,” is not a valid answer. Why does it work this way? Why is that our goal? Why did you say no? Why are we treating people differently? Why is this [...]

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By Wendy MacNaughton.

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Lots of people talk about how laughter is good for the soul and the body, this article on the 10 Incredible Health Benefits of Laughter evidences this in a little more detail: Reduces stress hormones: When people laugh heartily and deeply, the physical exertion causes the body to release endorphins, one of the complex neuropeptide chemicals produced [...]

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This is a photo of David Allen’s workspace. You’ll notice that he has helpfully labeled many of the items in the photo.

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Via: Trevin Wax

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I listen to Michael Hyatt’s great podcast on how better productivity practices don’t help unless you are headed in the right direction in the first place. Here’s his summary: In this podcast episode I talk about the relationship between vision and productivity. I share the story of becoming a divisional leader at Thomas Nelson. Better productivity [...]

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I loved Nicholas Bate’s post on Seven Handy Equations innovation=creativity+action work in+lag=results out EQ (emotional intelligence)=2xIQ wellness=M(meditation)xE(exercise)xD(diet)xS(sleep) communication is joined up; bullets are not joined up; PowerPoint is not communication important plus investing > important plus urgent love beats all

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