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What 30 Days of Productivity Taught Me About Finding Time

Success

When she asked me to play the assigned pieces, it was clear I hadn’t touched any part of my keyboard or even glanced at the sheet music outside of her practice room. My practice book was filled with notes expressing her disappointment: Please practice! Duhigg writes that scientists see motivation as a skill. It’s structured.

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Want to Reach Your Potential? Be a Learner

Success

Never have more people believed—with more reason—that success hinges on reading, workshopping, boot-camping, seminar-ing, and otherwise launching yourself into new realms of skill or knowledge. But while those books remain brisk sellers, there’s another bible in town. As technology changes, so do the most marketable skills.

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Generative AI will hollow out many middle class roles over the next decade

Workplace Insight

Conversely, every of one of the top 10 least impacted are classed as blue collar, revealing launderers, dry cleaners and pressers (0 percent) as the UK’s most AI-proof job.

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Book Review – Creating Flow with OmniFocus (Second Edition)

Productivityist

To date, there have been two books that I can claim, without hesitation, have had a dramatic effect on the way I organise and live my life. Not too long ago, I was a disorganised mess, lacking even the most basic skills in the art of prioritisation, information management and daily structure. No question.

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A Conversation with Joan

Office Dynamics

We have so many ways to learn from Joan; webinars, books, blog posts, etc., Q: As a business owner and busy executive what top skills can an assistant bring that support you the most? A: You are going to be very surprised by my answers because they are not going to be the typical administrative skills most people would mention.

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Technology to help with minute taking

Practically Perfect PA

It is a digital notebook with 15 different note book covers and 20 different page designs (lined, graph papers, shopping lists, etc). The user can type their notes using the iPad keyboard, add photos, import and annotate PDFs, organise pages and tag each notebook. Noteshelf – Notes & PDF £3.99. This is an app for the iPad.

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The Most Important Trait To Boost Your Productivity

Productivityist

This skill has expedited the growth of my audience from under a hundred to over two thousand email subscribers in eight months. For example, want a book contract with a major publisher? I decided to start reading books and newspaper articles about the industry. Here are three suggestions that provide low cost learning: Books.