At the end of the year, we are usually tired and need some rest before we get again into the hamster wheel. Take a moment, stop and reflect on our year and our life.
Here’s my Christmas gift for my readers. Chris Williamson discusses the delicate balance between trading money for time, and working for the future vs. enjoying the present.
When will you start enjoying life? Do it from right now! After all, it will always be «right now».
Some key pieces of advice:
Spend more time with your family, friends, hobbies and yourself.
Practice gratitude.
Enjoy small things.
Balance your life and your focus on improving the future vs. enjoying the present moment.
Coming back from holidays, we all know there’s something wrong with the way we organize our life and work. Is it posssible to work for the rest of your life with good results without burning out?
Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University, a productivity expert and an author. If you’ve ever felt that you’re not as productive as you could be, you’re not alone.
But what if the goal isn’t to be more productive, but to let go of the goals that aren’t serving you? What if the power of saying no to more things is the most important skill you can learn?
Expect to learn what our current problem with being productive is, why pseudo-productivity is a catastrophe, the advantages to what Cal calls Slow Productivity, how to better organise your communication, the best strategies for implementing a productivity schedule, how to stop saying yes all the time and much more… –
