Posts Tagged ‘productivity’
Execution
I’m reading a book, The 12 Week Year, by Brian P. Moran. I was drawn to the book primarily due to one word, “execution.” Now, this is not a book about death; it’s about getting things done. I was transfixed by a phrase in the book, “The most difficult challenge people face is not the…
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I just finished reading a surprising book. I say surprising because it wasn’t what I was expecting. If you’re anything like me (now there’s a scary thought), you may be “driven” to be productive in everything you do. You wake in the morning thinking about all the tasks that are waiting for your attention. You…
Read More“Atomic Habits”
Catchy book titles grab my attention. That’s the case with the book Atomic Habits. I discovered one fresh insight that was worth reading the entire book. Here it is: Whether good or bad, habits accumulate. They have a compounding influence I did not think about before. Positive habits associated with productivity, knowledge, and relationships can…
Read MoreThe Zeigarnik effect
Chances are high that you’ve never heard of Lithuanian-Soviet psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik. I never have either, but I have heard of something called the Zeigarnik effect. This occurs when an activity you’re doing has been interrupted. This principle states that the interruption will make the activity more easily remembered. Recently it has been called the…
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