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On Your Mark Get Set — Recharge

Success

Schwartz, founder and CEO of The Energy Project, advocates for a work style based on a series of sprints rather than a marathon. Email, for example, saps and squanders mental energy that could be applied to more meaningful work. expose the problems stemming from relentless hours at the desk.

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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. Which means that even though you love writing and really wanted to crank out that book chapter this weekend, you may still find that you cleared out 800 junk emails and re-organized your sock drawer, but have no book chapter to show. Fear can be sneaky.

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New Year’s Resolutions, Pacing Oneself, and Staying Curious

Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

And I’m incorporating and thinking about spiritual and health goals too, all the while of being mindful to pace myself and be realistic of what is do-able. So this year, I am trying to slow down the pace to marathon, not sprinting. And anyone can email me questions and I respond only via this blog, not to your personal address.

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The 10 Best Goal Setting Apps to Help You Stay on Track

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per month, $29.99 per year or $79.99 for a lifetime subscription. a month; groups start at $9 a month, plus $3 per member Where to download: Apple App Store , Google Play Store , web browser 4. It’s free for up to five personal projects but offers a Pro version with 300 personal projects and an AI assistant.

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Andrew Filev Founder Of Wrike | Reclaiming Lost Productivity & Improving Workplace Culture

Allwork

Andrew founded Wrike back in 2006 as a way to help people and companies work more productively, cut down on inefficient communication like email, and be more time efficient and cost efficient. And all they see is like the email handle or Slack avatar. And these things are probably the ultimate goal for every entrepreneur on the planet.

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5 Ways To Work Smarter | PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement

www.pickthebrain.com

Turn off your cell phone, close your email, get off Twitter, stop checking Facebook, stop listening to music, and focus while you’re doing your work. Life after all is a marathon, not a sprint. Much better efficiency and morale while working. Thanks for sharing this great article!

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How To Play The Game Of Blogging

Brilliantly Better

Hydrate Yourself: It’s A Marathon, Not A Sprint I can’t emphasize enough on this one. With that pace in mind, I’ve taken the long view and given my self room to experiment and test the waters … and run a marathon of sprints over a sprint and burn. I have stared doing such activities in ly life too.

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