We could save ourselves much hassle if we knew exactly how and where to invest our time and effort.
Resolve now – now – never to iron a shirt in your life: make this your starting-point, your irreducible core, and find another way. Sick animals are almost always going to die. A struggling shrub or [...]

This is interesting, people who procrastinate aren’t actually doing nothing, they’re often busying themselves with a plethora of smaller tasks, which are usually less relevant, or not relevant at all to what they are meant to be doing.
From outside, it sometimes appears that I manage to produce a lot of content. At least, [...]

The ability to effectively utilise small pockets of spare time – can give those determined to succeed in whatever they are doing – the edge over others who are apparently more talented and passionate.
A lot of people ask me how I’ve been able to dedicate time to side projects when my life is already pretty [...]

Telling others about your goals is virtually tantamount to telling yourself you have achieved said goals.
Four different tests of 63 people found that those who kept their intentions private were more likely to achieve them than those who made them public and were acknowledged by others. Once you’ve told people of your intentions, if gives [...]

Charlie Hoehn has set out some great advice for those about to graduate from university and wondering what exactly to do thereafter:
You don’t have to walk down the path that everyone else takes. If you haven’t realized it by now, there is no such thing as job security. You’re fooling yourself if you think a [...]

A time management idea to try. Set a goal, work in 25 minute blocks (or pomodoros), and then take a break. After four “pomodoros” take a slightly longer break.
For many people, time is an enemy. The anxiety triggered by “the ticking clock”, especially when a deadline is involved, leads to ineffective work and study habits [...]

Extreme swimmer and adventurer Lewis Pugh says one way to accomplish more is to write your goals in the past tense, as if they have already been accomplished.
For two weeks every December, Pugh composes in comprehensive detail what he intends to do the following year, writing it all in the past tense. He believes this [...]

The fashion in which the The Cult of Done Manifesto is written, perfectly encapsulates its own ideals:
I present to you a manifesto of done. This was written in collaboration with Kio Stark in 20 minutes because we only had 20 minutes to get it done.

The manifesto includes this clause which also makes for a great [...]

I’m no recruiting specialist, but as I see it the often asked “where do you see yourself in five years” question, merely allows a recruiter to gauge that you have intentions, any intentions, beyond I guess, “stapling reports together” for the rest of your work life.
This because there can be no real answer to such [...]

I can’t track down an online version of Ruth Williams’ article on BHP Billiton CEO Marius Kloppers, that was published in the SMH’s Good Weekend magazine of 26 July 2008, but thought one of the credos of the 18th most powerful person in the business world, was worth sharing:
“I adhere to the same principles in [...]