Reading Time: 9 minutes0 Hours Slept in the Average Lifetime The average person sleeps for 229,961 hours in their lifetime; approximately 26 years of their life. With all that time wasted, we should at least be optimizing our sleep to be as useful as possible. In order for the remaining 52 years of our lives to be productive and…
6 Stoic Lessons for Improving Time Management
Reading Time: 11 minutesOur lives are governed by time, whether we like it or not. No matter how much we despise the notion, our time is constantly trickling away; acknowledging this and allocating our time with intention is key to long-term happiness and productivity. The ancient Stoic philosopher, Seneca, was an excellent thinker. His ideas surrounding time management…
The Growth Mindset – How to Unlock Your Full Potential
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe Growth Mindset is a mental tool that we can use to enhance our productivity beyond our current capabilities. It consists of belief in growth, our future, and our abilities. The opposite of a growth mindset is a fixed mindset; essentially the opposite to the traits that make up a growth mindset. Carol Dweck is…
5 Stoic Principles That Will SKYROCKET Your PRODUCTIVITY
Reading Time: 7 minutesStoicism is an ancient philosophy, dating back to about 300 B.C.E. But ‘productivity’ is a relatively recent term used to describe the rate at which one does work, usually specifying how to effectively complete a high workload with maximum efficiency. The antagonist to productivity, ‘procrastination’, is a term that is discussed just as much as…
The 4 Steps to Building an Evening Routine
Reading Time: 6 minutesAn effective Evening Routine sets up the following morning for productivity. Evening routines are just as essential as morning routines. Unfortunately, evening routines do not have much attention focused on them in the media. So, how can we optimize our evenings for success on the following day?
How to PERFECT Your MORNING ROUTINE
Reading Time: 5 minutesA well-rounded morning routine is essential for a productive day. What do the world’s most successful people do each morning and how can you create your perfect morning routine?
Temptation Bundling – 3 Steps for Maintaining Habits
Reading Time: 2 minutesCombine the things you hate with the things you love. Here are 3 steps to ‘Temptation Bundling’ that you NEED in order to ensure you stick with a habit long-term
Parkinson’s Law – The Reason You PROCRASTINATE
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe term first coined by historian and author, Cyril Northcote Parkinson, Parkinson’s Law dictates the time it takes to complete a task. But how do we manipulate and apply it to increase our efficiency?
The Pomodoro Technique – The Tool That MAXIMIZES YOUR EFFICIENCY
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Pomodoro Technique is a simple time-based method of rewarding you after you complete a task. But how does it work so effectively and how can it be applied?
Negative Visualization – The KEY To PRODUCTIVITY That You Have NEVER Heard Of
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn our busy lives, we rarely stop and think about what we have. Moving from task-to-task quickly and mindlessly is an excellent recipe for burnout and unhappiness. However, there is an ancient method to change your mindset practiced by Stoic Philosophers, such as Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. This practice is known as negative visualization,…