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We’re well in the holiday party season, and whether you’re still looking for gifts for fellow productivity nerds or looking forward to some time off, here’s a tongue-in-cheek list of how I Done This can help cut down on holiday stress by keeping you organized from our chief-iest of chief happiness officers, Ginni.
Take some small step today, and value each step you take. You never know which step will make a difference. This is much better than not trying to do anything.
Dr. Tamar E. Chansky, in Jane E. Brody’s NYT’s Well Blog post, When Daily Stress Gets in the Way of Life.
Dr. Chansky suggests taking a small step and acknowledging it as an effective way to deal with paralyzing anxiety.
“If you’re worrying about your work all the time, you won’t get your work done,” she explains. And don’t forget, every small step is itself powerfully motivating!
AsapSCIENCE explains the science of procrastination – and how to manage your brain wanting to do fun stuff now.
Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week!
We welcomed Tony Doran to the iDoneThis team!
How to master the art of the to-do list by understanding why they fail.
Lessons of the year from Airbnb to Zappos.
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits.
We’re super excited to welcome Tony Doran to the iDoneThis team! Tony learned about us by landing on one of our popular guest blog posts on the science of motivation, discussing the significant impact emotion has on us at work and how managers misunderstand what motivates employees. The post resonated with Tony because he was … Read more
’Tis easy to frame a good bold resolution;
But hard is the Task that concerns execution.
Take some comfort in the fact that Ben Franklin, the genius who did everything, still found the doing part a little tough!
Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week!
We wrote about Peter Thiel’s unorthodox management philosophy of extreme focus.
How important company culture is to Zappos.
Using better “behavior design” to motivate, because why we are all basically still four years old.
Happiness is like a butterfly.
The main thing that marks the Developer is that they are comfortable making forward progress even in the midst of uncertainty. Even in the midst of their work they are perpetually scanning the horizon for new insights, new opportunities, and new ways of approaching their work.
Todd Henry of The Accidental Creative breaks down three different productivity types – the Driver, the Drifter, and the Developer.
Drivers are motivated by the task at hand. They want to get stuff done, nose to the grindstone.
Drifters are multitaskers of life, diffusing their focus on many different things.
The Developer involves a balancing act of perspective, fostering focus while allowing drifting and dreaming.
Whatever productivity type you tend to be, try to actively go into Developer Mode and take some time to see both the forest and the trees.
Which productivity type are you?
Nobody does their best thinking sitting at their desk. Your desk is for executing; do your thinking elsewhere. — Justin Jackson (@mijustin) July 26, 2012 Justin Jackson reminds us that desks are workstations. Take your thinking, procrastinating, eating, and even sitting elsewhere. It’s common wisdom that you should keep your working space and sleeping space … Read more