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Sleeping on the Job? Overachievers Do!

Posted in Hacks for work and life, Investment Banking & Hedge Funds on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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Email ‘vacations’ decrease stress, increase concentration

Posted in Hacks for work and life on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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Every Time Zone

Posted in Hacks for work and life, Recruitment on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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Seth Godin asks “Why ask why?”

Posted in Hacks for work and life on May 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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Should I check email?

Posted in Hacks for work and life on April 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

By Wendy MacNaughton.

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10 Incredible Health Benefits of Laughter

Posted in Hacks for work and life, Statistics on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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David Allen’s workspace

Posted in Hacks for work and life on March 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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Infographic on the left and right sides of the brain

Posted in Hacks for work and life on March 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Via: Trevin Wax

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Productivity is driven by Vision

Posted in Hacks for work and life on March 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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Seven Handy Equations

Posted in Hacks for work and life on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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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