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Video: John Cleese Discusses Innovation

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGt3-fxOvug

The hilariously creative John Cleese shares how interruptions and busyness are the biggest barriers standing in the way of innovation.

If you get into the right mood, then your mode of thinking will become much more creative. But if you’re racing around all day ticking things off your list, looking at your watch, making phone calls, and generally just keeping all the balls in the air, you are not going to have any creative ideas.

His solution? Make boundaries of space and time.

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Shut Up and Listen! The Best of the Internet

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Doggies at workHappy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week!  

3 Reasons to Shut up and Listen Well.

Self-control depletes itself and your motivation. How to refuel from within.

5 hard questions to ask yourself during a conflict.

Why your phone is snuffing your creativity (and is an endless supply of Cheetos).

The perks at Buffer? Daily improvement and free books.

Dundee’s Tip of the Week:  Hey IDT teams! Do you only want to see certain team members show up in your email digest? Log into I Done This, and under the calendar, click on “unfollow” or “follow” to choose whose dones you want to see in your digest.

Video: How to Stop Hitting That Snooze Button!

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Here’s the science on why you should stop hitting that snooze button. Alarms and snooze buttons disrupt our sleep cycles, which include a natural ability to wake up. This causes less restful sleep and less energy to be your awesome self during the day.

Managing our energy levels and syncing with our natural rhythms are key to feeling great and doing your best. So try to get on a regular sleep schedule, and if you still need an alarm, set it for later, and go to sleep a little earlier!

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Listen To Your Employees

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[S]top telling people what to do and … start asking them their opinion about the best way to get something done.

Josh Patrick, founder of Stage 2 Planning Partners, on the value of asking and actually listening to your employees.

When you ask first, you’ll learn instead of assume. And while it’s tough to trust employees, mistakes are important learning opportunities.

Set and communicate greater expectations for your team members, and their performance will reach greater heights.

The World’s Least Powerful CEO? The Best of the Internet

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Candy MakerHappy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! 

The world’s least powerful CEO leads at a company that makes $2.5 million a day.

Don’t be the reason people quit. Be the reason people stay.

Excellent leaders convert ambiguity to behavior.

You’re not good at multitasking.

11 books every leader should read.

imageDundee’s Tip of the Week:  Want to change what time and days you get your iDoneThis reminders and digests?

Head over to your settings.

Master Your To-Do Lists

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[T]ry picking a stubborn item from your own to-do list and redefining it until it becomes something that actually involves moving one of your limbs… Breaking each task down into its individual actions allows you to convert your work into things you can either physically do, or forget about, happy in the knowledge that it is in the system.

Tom Stafford, “The Psychology of the To-Do List”, BBC.com.

Discover four more helpful to-do list tips and how to master the art of to-do lists by understanding why they fail.

When Are You Most Happy? The Happiness Tracking App

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Matt Killingsworth is interested in not just what makes people happy but when people are happy. Gathering data from a happiness-tracking app that he built, he found that people are less happy when their minds are wandering, no matter what they’re doing.

So rewire yourself to stay in the moment, and watch how you’re paying attention.

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