Multi tasking and Mindfulness – Win the war on workplace stress
The Rise of Workplace stress There is a war going on in our workplaces being fought out between Multi Tasking and Mindfulness. One camp wants to us do more and faster. The other wants us to do more by doing one thing more slowly. The big casualty of this war is the wellbeing of our […]
How to be focused and stay focused at work
What does it mean to be focused? To be focused, we first need to define what we’re talking about. According to Google, the word ‘focus’ is searched between one million and ten million times every single month. That makes it a very popular and desirable thing. While some of these searches are looking for a […]
How to Write Motivational Stories like Stephen King
Motivational Stories Motivational stories are crucial to our success in life and at work. As human beings, we live in language. And the primary way we do that is to tell stories. We tell stories to others, perhaps at bedtime or in meetings, and we tell stories to ourselves about how the world is and […]
Three Steps to Boost Your Motivation for Productivity Gains
Motivation for Productivity Do you need motivation for productivity? In their brilliant book, Switch, Chip and Dan Heath suggest the most important thing for being productive is to boost your motivation. (I rapped this book over at Book Rapper as Sticky Change) Think back to the last time you were trying to complete an important […]
1000 Blog Posts – Podcast
1000 blog posts – today! It’s official. Today – this very blog post – I have now written and published 1000 blog posts on this website. Three cheers for me! Yes, That’s a bit self-indulgent and I’m proud of this result – that’s a lot of writing over a ten-year period. Ideas Architect Podcast In […]
Scott Berkun – Confessions of a Public Speaker Book Review
I’m a Public Speaker… I’m a public speaker – not a beginner and not an old pro either – and this book saved the day for me. Recently, I was preparing for a presentation that I was giving and to put it mildly, I was struggling. In the midst of plotting new material for a […]
James Adonis: The Motivation Hoax – Book Review
James Adonis, The Motivation Hoax James Adonis, The Motivation Hoax – A smart person’s guide to inspirational nonsense, Schwartz Publishing, Carlton, 2018. Inspirational nonsense! Yep, that pretty much sums it up for me. Instagram and Facebook and to a lesser extent Linked In are full of mindless truisms masquerading as inspiration from some enlighted heroes […]
Write Better Right Now – Book Review
Write Better Right Now – Book Review Write better? We could all use a little help here and this book might be just what you need. (Here is another book in our series: Best Books for Writers and Authors.) Some books you read are like a raging bushfire. They start small, quickly get of control […]
Review your Results in Two Simple Steps
Review Your Results Too many of us spend too long getting things done and not enough time learning from what we’ve achieved (or not). This is tragic when you can review your results in two simple steps and dramatically improve your future performance. Imagine this… You’ve just finished your work (your day, your project or […]
Getting Grit – Book Review
Book Review: Getting Grit Caroline Adams Miller; Getting Grit: The Evidence based approach to cultivating passion, perseverance and purpose. In creating Project Passion I had compiled a great selection of strategies for getting more done. (Many of them are in my book Done) When I read this book I realized I’d made a really big […]