Have you ever wondered about the implications of technology? Long term and short term? Or how it even came to be? About the pace of its advancement and how heavily it affects our lives? Cal Newport provides an exciting insight into the book called Digital Minimalism: On Living Better with Less Technology. It starts with the idea that social media is the new nicotine. Social media is the latest form of addiction. There is an urge to check for notifications …
Category: Productivity
How familiar are you with your brain? There is a variety of topics about the brain, but a consistent theme would be how to use it effectively. The brain is an exciting subject. People have studied it over the years, yet nobody has fully unlocked its maximum potential. How much more accessible would work be if only we knew the answer. For one thing, it would always be unique per person. Everybody has different skills and specialties. We have different thoughts …
By its nature, work happens when we physically and mentally exert effort to create progress. It helps you achieve your goals. Creating your plans and striving to make them a reality will be the definition of your life’s success. It’s not always easy. You will meet some form of resistance or challenge, and work is overcoming that struggle and growing past it. Determination, Perseverance, and Willpower, for example, are some of the key characteristics you would develop along the way. …
Motivation is not directly proportionate to cause and effect. It’s a belief that is evident since the early industrial period of work. This idea that the higher the pay equals the better the performance. This is not the right way of thinking. Humans are complex creatures, with thought patterns like creative ideas that do not come out simply because we want it to. We’ve got technological aid to make basic jobs infinitely easier: like organizational apps or calendar reminders. But none …
Productivity is something everybody has the potential to be good at. There is no genetic compatibility or income invested in it. It is a skill you learn and practice that grows well over time. Productivity is associated with successful people because “to do more is to earn more.” Productivity is the means or process of achieving success. It is a factor, a very big and important factor, but its results are not measured by how well you could complete your to-do-list by the end of the day. Don’t think that productivity is a mountain you have to overcome …
You’ve probably heard that stable work only comes from an office. Maybe because you lived your life seeing your parents make their livelihood off of one. Or because the opportunities like benefits or promotions sound more credible in creating your career. Or this is because you think you can get more done with the help of a strict schedule and close supervision by your seniors. First off, everybody is entitled to their own choices. There isn’t one ‘right way’ to …
Software Engineers have it rough: between designing, maintaining, development, evaluating and testing all sorts of computer software there’s always something that needs to be done in so little time! With all of our work usually tied to developing high-quality computer software, it is imperative that we minimize distractions so that we can produce the best work possible and maximize our time as well as develop more software that can make an impact to people. Add that up with more distracting …
How to be productive is one of the major challenges that each one encounters every day. It takes a lot of discipline and dedication to attend to a specific to-do list which should be accomplished on a given time frame. More often, people get puzzled on how to complete several tasks with intertwined timetables. This becomes even more challenging when procrastination comes into play. Can you imagine resisting from a bed weather or a movie list which needs more than …
