In the video below, Social Triggers' Derek Halperin gives an easy solution on how to beat procrastination. Beating Procrastination - Put Some Skin in the Game Why does anybody--I mean YOU--procrastinate? It's because there are no stakes. You have nothing to lose if you don't do something. Well, you do have something to lose but it's not bigger than just doing the damned … [Read more...]
10 Productivity Exercises to Keep Your Brain in Check
I found this over at the Todoist blog. In it, the author, Taylor Martin, talks about burnout and how he's preventing that now. Excerpt and Summary from 10 Exercises That Will Keep Your Brain Active during the Day The true reason for the burnout is a combination of a couple things: extremely long hours, excessive (and sometimes impossible) workloads, weeks of unmanaged stress … [Read more...]
How to Remove Tourists from Photographs
I got this one initially from Business Insider. They got it from Quora :) Pesky tourists always horning in on your landscape and scenery photography while on vacation? There's a simple hack for it - do this. How to remove tourists from vacation photographs: "Set your camera on a tripod. Take a picture about every 10 seconds until you have about 15 shots. Open all the … [Read more...]
What It Takes to Form a Good Habit
It's a new year, and of course, this is the time that many of us set aside to make lofty goals and set "New year resolutions". Which is fine, but many of our goals and resolutions fall by the wayside after a couple of weeks--mostly because we never took sufficient action. Do this experiment: Go to your local gym and observe how many people are there right now. On January … [Read more...]
The Morning Routine by Nick Unsworth of Life on Fire
Nick Unsworth of Life on Fire on goal setting - how establishing a daily ritual (morning routine) can get you started on accomplishing goals on a regular basis. … [Read more...]