Even my mom, retired, gets distracted by her phone like a teenager. Stops a sentence mid flow, looks at a notification, answers an email. Focus! Distractions are your fault. Phone rings, Skype pings, Email bings. Turn notifications off. Then do the difficult, proactive work you came here to do. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog When you're young you think you are invincible. Until things that "happen to other people" start happening to you, I don't think you ever realise bad things can happen to you. The longer you live, the more likely it is that something that “happens to others” happens to you. A natural disaster, a car crash, cancer. Bad things will happen. I don't want to leave it to chance whether I can deal with these things or not. I work on my thinking constantly. And the best remedies for prevention and cure of hardships have stood the test of time. Through stoicism, meditation, gratitude, exercise and healthy eating. You need no more, apart from time to aid the healing. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog How long are you going to snooze for? Do you really have nothing else to do? In the time you repeatedly hit the snooze button, you could train for a marathon, start a business, get a promotion. But it is easier to stay in bed. This, like all first world problems, is not a new one. “At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work- as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for – the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?’” ~ Meditations - Marcus Aurelius What is new is the level of distractions. Email, IM, Netflix. These are snooze buttons in disguise to keep you from being present. To keep you distracted from “your job as a human being.” So, how long are you going to snooze today before you start moving towards your goal? Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
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Given the number of articles on the subject it is now a truism that most successful people have an effective morning routine. This is the definitive book on the subject.
If you are thinking that you are not a morning person, then join the club. But I promise you that the opening chapters of this book will inspire you to try it. After a few weeks, I was waking up at 5.20am without an alarm clock raring to go with all the energy of a toddler. This shit can change your life. Try it.
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What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Procrastination is trusting your future self to be more motivated, have more energy and be more in control than your current self. What are the chances of that if nothing changes? Why not force your future self to do more, by doing something small now that forces your future self to carry on? Want to start business? Register the company. Now you have to file some shareholder’s paperwork. Hire an accountant; register for VAT. Now you have to make a sale. Force your future self to do what you do not have the motivation right now. See what you can achieve by managing your energy and doing something small when you are tired. Build habits. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Someone will always have it worse than you. Yet there are examples of people being successful from every background. The market does not care about your excuses. Wherever you are coming from there will be opportunities that others will not have. Started homeless? Rags to riches tale, free PR Started as a minority? Automatic niche, word of mouth Started rich? Access to capital Everyone has their own shit to deal with. Is your life filled with excuses or things that spur you on? The only difference is your mind-set. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
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I love headspace and Yoga Studio fits right alongside it in my morning routine. Starting the day with breathing, mindfulness and stretching can really set you up for the day. Give it a try.
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If you have a corporate job you need to read this book. A fan of Tim Ferriss? You also need to read this book.
This is the definitive book on time management and how to work effectively and efficiently. For managers and individuals alike, this is a must read.
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What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog Why should I sponsor you? Such as climbing Kilimanjaro. You have to raise £5k to do the trip and it costs around £2k to actually do the trip. The ROI for the charity is obvious, but I do not get the incentive for the giver. I would be benefiting the charity more if I don’t sponsor you. If I give the money directly to the charity then you will have to pay to top up your fundraising account. If it is something you want to do, then why should I pay for your airfare and expenses? Similarly, why should companies pay you to develop your skills? If it is something you want to do, why wait for them to book you on a shitty internal course rather than reading a book? Don’t have time, then how do you make time to attend the mandatory internal leadsrship course? If a company really wanted to maximise it’s people for the lowest cost, then why does it not let them watch a TED talk every day? Why does it not allow 30mins reading time? Why does it do nothing to build better habits such as not checking email all day? Because it does not care. Even the ones that say they care don’t really care. As James Altucher would say, “choose yourself.” Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
What would you do with an extra hour per day? More from the Blog “Can't”. The options killer. Like “must”, “can’t” can either be the driving force to prove someone wrong or a contracting trap in inevitability. You can't do x. Why? Because y will happen. Well, what if you are okay with y happening. Is there actually anything stopping you from doing x is someone assuming that you don’t want y to happen? There is a big assumption of the other person that Y will definitely happen and that there are no other options. Do not take this as fact without investigating yourself. Can’t should be the red flag to trigger this action. Like Harvey Spector in Suits always says, even if you have a gun pointed to your head, you still have a million options. Don’t rule them out without thinking about them. Can’t cuts them off before they have a chance. Don’t give in to others assumptions. Fed up of meeting hell? Our iPhone app can help. Find out more.
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