23 hours agoThe Ivy Lee method: The simple method for peak productivity.The Ivy Lee method is a stupidly simple productivity planning method, yet the idea got him $25,000 in 1918. $2,500 in 1918 is worth $49,807.95 today. Charles M. Schwab, one of the richest men in the world in 1918 paid Ivy Lee for teaching this idea to his executives. It…2 min read2 min read
2 days agoSophisticated (hidden) Procrastination. And, How to avoid it?Playing the meta game and not the actual game is another form of procrastination. — Playing the Meta Game and not the actual game is another form of procrastination Procrastination comes in many shapes and sizes. Most of them are apparently bad, yet some of them don’t look like procrastination. Sophisticated Procrastination is hiding the procrastination by doing the things around the work but not…3 min read3 min read
3 days ago” Revenge Bedtime Procrastination”. This is why you couldn’t sleep (early) at night.Scrolling on your phone while you on bed, searching and browsing the internet for a better way to accomplish what you want, looking for better motivations at night, and also wandering the net aimlessly, all these are attributed to your guilt that you didn’t accomplish your goal of the day. …4 min read4 min read
3 days ago”Revenge Bedtime Procrastination”. This is why you couldn’t sleep (early) at night.Know the reason why your mind is not letting you sleep in the night. — Scrolling on your phone while you on bed, searching and browsing the internet for a better way to accomplish what you want, looking for better motivations at night, and also wandering the net aimlessly, all these are attributed to your guilt that you didn’t accomplish your goal of the day. …4 min read4 min read
Mar 11The scientific reason why you attract good (or bad) things?Your brain can’t process billions of pieces from sensory inputs. The “Reticular Activating System” filter selectively allows certain information into the brain. This filter is programmed by your thoughts and beliefs (regardless of past experiences). It allows the pieces of information that you like to see/feel or what you believe, only to strengthen it. You’ll get what you expect to get. Everything this filter allows only helps you to add up what you already have.1 min read1 min read
Mar 7The “Doorway effect” of multitasking in personal productivity.When you move across a door from one room to another, you tend to forget things in that fraction of a second that you just had in your mind clearly just before crossing the door. The most annoying scenario that just every one of us went through many times in…Multitasking4 min readMultitasking4 min read
Mar 7The “Doorway effect” of multitasking in personal productivity.How to multitask without hurting your performance? — When you move across a door from one room to another, you tend to forget things in that fraction of a second that you just had in your mind clearly just before crossing the door. The most annoying scenario that just every one of us went through many times in…4 min read4 min read
Mar 4How many apps do you need to be highly productive and efficient? Here’s the number.Make sure you have enough tools to manage the following categories of your personal productivity setup. 5 Categories of tools for your Personal Productivity System. Task Management (including Projects and Goals Management) Time Management (events to attend, meetings, time allocated for various activities in your life) Notes Management / Ideas, PKM (Personal Knowledge Management) / Minutes / Journaling (including…Productivity Tools6 min readProductivity Tools6 min read
Mar 310 paradoxical traits of creative people.1. Creative people have a great deal of physical energy but are often quiet and at rest. 2. Creative people tend to be smart yet naive at the same time. 3. Creative people combine playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility. 4. Creative people alternate between imagination and fantasy, and a rooted sense of reality. 5. Creative people tend to be both extroverted and introverted.1 min read1 min read
Feb 24Maslow’s Hammer 🔨. A productivity tool for everything?Maslow’s Hammer is a psychological state where you rely more on a familiar tool for solving (almost) every problem. Psychology: If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. The type or nature of the problem determines the tool that needs to be used. Not the other way around. Every problem has tiny subproblems. Distinctive tools for distinctive categories and distinctive areas (of life).1 min read1 min read