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What I Learned from Keeping a Gratitude Journal

Success

The kids would go to bed, the dishes would be put away, and I’d grab a book and sit down and think, Oh wait. The post What I Learned from Keeping a Gratitude Journal appeared first on SUCCESS. As with anything that demands daily dedication, my journal started to seep into the sticky ground of chores, rather than mental wellness.

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On Your Mark Get Set — Recharge

Success

In his book The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs That Energize Great Performance , Schwartz and co-authors Jean Gomes and Catherine McCarthy, Ph.D., Schwartz, founder and CEO of The Energy Project, advocates for a work style based on a series of sprints rather than a marathon.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

Success

After visiting a specialist, taking medication and undergoing hours of electrostimulation, I learned it was all stress-related. While sitting at my desk one day, I suddenly felt a cramp in my neck that just wouldn’t go away. From that point on, I’ve been mindful of how hard I push myself so I don’t end up in that predicament again.

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Glenn Sanford Built a Billion-Dollar Business on a Foundation of Simply Never Giving Up

Success

And so in business, creating a regular cadence—quarterly, weekly—that people can trust helps set up for the next sprint. . But there’s a fundamental learning that’s going on all the time. I’ve really taken to listening to books, reading, trying to be around other successful people as something I’m actively engaged in, and it worked.

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Do This When Procrastination Strikes

Executive Assistant Breakthrough

I’d be sprinting to drop it off in time at 9 am before the last chime of the bell. Some things take a lot of energy up front, but you know they’ll be highly rewarding – like a tough workout or learning a new language. The paper would commence somewhere around 2 am. Fear can be sneaky.

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Productivity as a Process

Productivityist

I use its Three Important Things for today, this week, this month, along with its Monthly Sprints to help me focus. Biggest lesson learned: It is a process, its about doing the right things, the effective things. It''s not about the hot new toy/app/book. Along the way, I added a layer on top of GTD, Agile Results.

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Challenging the Office Role in a Remote Working World

Success

So instead of our team learning these skills over time, the new hires were already ready to jump into our tech platform and start building, because they knew how to do so.” Shifting to remote work has allowed some to get deeper into concentrated work sprints, followed by periods of rest, movement or other home-based obligations.

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