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Memory Makeover: Tips to Spruce Up an Absent Mind

Ian's Messy Desk

Stay organized. Put pen to paper (or finger tips to keyboard) and record important dates in a calendar, notebook or on your mobile device. Think again You need at least eight seconds of focused energy to digest information and store it in the brain’s memory centre. So hang up the phone, find a quiet place and focus.

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When you should stop slogging throught writing | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

You bashed monsters by hitting keys on your keyboard whilst wondering if you could hook up a nodding bird à la Homer Simpson. Griffin – Drool and keyboards don’t mix. I make sure to make writing fun by making my desk look happy and organized, using my favorite pen, or thinking about happy thoughts. That’s cool.

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The benefits of reading aloud | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Now, when I say ‘don’t write’, I don’t mean you should take a break or get away from the keyboard for a day. We start to speak, and then organize and reorganize over and over. Thorey – Mmkay, the fact that my brain organizes as I speak makes me seriously sit back and think, “Huh. Powered by frugal

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Realistic Freelancing |

Men With Pens

I am not a freelancer as such but I do work from home and I’ve training my boss and colleagues to stop arranging meetings after 4pm (still working on that one), I’ve been forcing myself to step away from the keyboard and to stop checking work emails after hours. You have plenty of time left for that client. Family … friends.

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Is Your Education Useless? | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Do I write routinely about Policy and Management or about Labor Relations? Doing all of that at once also helped me develop strong organizing and executing skills! I can say one thing, you sure have fire in your pen( or should I say keyboard) but I totally agree that all those years in college and unversity acquiring a B.A

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