Archives for the 'Stress' Category
Introducing 14 Surefire Stressbusters [The Daily Saint]
Photo by Kortini
It’s official- stress is increasing as fears of a recession are looming. Whether it’s the housing market, workplace insecurity or personal troubles, stress is here to stay. I’d like to introduce a process that’s sure to counter this trend. It’s called Surefire Stress Busters.
My friend Gene Monterastelli has developed this program and [...]
Are You a Spectator or a Participant? [The Daily Saint]
Photo by HometownInvasion If there is one thing that GTD teaches us it’s to close the open loops in our life. These often revolve around our project list. It’s often the seemingly small projects (’buy gift for Claire’) that we…
Original post here: Mike
How to Create an Ideal Day at the Office [The Daily Saint]
LifeHack.org has my latest article called, “12 Steps Closer to to Your Ideal Work Day”. Whether you work at home or commute to an official office, I think you’ll enjoy this post.
Original post here: Mike
3 Vices that Sabotage Productivity [The Daily Saint]
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Think of someone you know who is not working at full potential. Why isn’t their productivity what it should be? Reasons might include illness, family health issues, depression, an unreasonable workload, burnout, etc.
Or, there might be another reason: vice.
Vice is often defined as an "evil habit" or even as a "fault" in [...]
GTD Gems - Part 2 [Getting Things Done]
I try to keep up with reading everything I possibly can about GTD. This is becoming increasingly difficult because these days it seems everybody and their mother is writing about GTD!
Much like my post “GTD Gems - Part 1” I want to present a few interesting GTD articles from the past 2 or 3 months, [...]
10 Sure-Fire Ways to Beat the February Blues [The Daily Saint]
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It’s that time of year again, when the cold doesn’t go away and the days are dark. A former boss of mine once said, "Never make a big decision in February," and I think that he was right. It’s not a time of year that, in the Northeast U.S. at least, is particularly [...]
Dealing with Stress - Part 4 - How to eliminate Stress [FruitfulTime Blog]
Stress has devastating effects on you but if you apply the following tips in your day to day life, you will see a lot of improvement in your life. The first reaction when you will read the following suggested tips is “No… I don’t have time for this!!” but I still suggest you at least [...]
Dealing with Stress - Part 3 - Effects of stress on us [FruitfulTime Blog]
A lot is said about what makes us stressed and how we can cope with stress but few articulate how stress affects us. The aim of this blog post is to give a glimpse of how stress is harmful and how much should we work to either eliminate it or at least compensate for it. Stress affects us:
Emotionally [...]
Dealing with Stress - Part 2 - Top Stressful Situations [FruitfulTime Blog]
Stress is not something pleasant to experience hence everyone is always on the lookout for ways of how to eliminate stress. There are several ways how stress can be counterbalanced which we will go through in future blog posts. Meanwhile this blog post lists common stressful situations. The aim of this blog post is to [...]
Dealing with stress - Part 1 [FruitfulTime Blog]
What is Stress?
The word ’stress’ is commonly associated with negative life situations. But stress can be caused by both negative and positive circumstances in your life. Fired from a job or the death of a loved one is considered to be stress by everyone. But the birth of a baby, a job promotion or a new [...]