Tips on productivity, energy managment, time managment, stress reduction and memory loss. Anything to help your productivity suck less.
Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson Ph.d.
I can’t ignore a book entitled:
Three things I immediately like about neuropsychologist Rick Hanson’s book.
The karmic backlash when you write about excuses is they retaliate en mass. For a person already plagued by them (I’m a writer, remember?), dealing with a galvanized frontal assault is pretty wild. Here’s how it happened…
I’m writing a series about refuting the validity of favorite excuses. What are your favorite excuses and how do you handle them? I welcome input and opinion.
Excuses are the rational backbone of procrastination. The smarter the person, the more rational the excuse. What follows are some of my personal favorites. You’ve probably thought of them at one time or another:
- I can’t decide
- I should have started sooner
- I don’t follow through
- There’s no time
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1. A subscription to Scientific American Mind. Cutting edge research and thinking.
2. 59 SECONDS: THINK A LITTLE CHANGE A LOT by Richard Wiseman. A specific, debunked set of how-tos in a simple, engaging read. No bull.
3. THE WAY WE’RE WORKING ISNT WORKING by Schwartz, Gomes, and McCarthy. A timely book that puts into practice Schwartz’s
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Make Your Resolutions Stick
January and February are the traditional months for hauling out your New Year’s resolutions complete with built-in self destruct sequences. The yearly Lose-Ten-Lbs, Exercise-Daily, or Stop-Being-Late goals may be sincere and well executed, but they’re doomed to fail as soon as you become anxious or overwhelmed.
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