It’s an oxymoron but I argue that there is a way to hurry things up without rushing them, a way to speed up productivity AND quality, in the long run.
Stop rushing!
Probably my most cherished epiphany about productivity: using time as an ally rather than enemy.
Productivity is a matter of habit
Rather than managing to go “beast mode” for a short time then suffer long afterwards, here’s how to become more productive sustainably.
A physics-based philosophy for success
I usually base my musings on nature in general but this time I turned my attention to 3 laws of thermodynamics specifically.
Don’t ignore the laws of the universe!
The benefits of a creative routine
I wrote one song every day for 21 days. This is what the experience taught me.
Nature lesson 5: beware of weeds
Another reflection inspired by nature. What is your pretty weed? And I’m not talking about hallucinogens.
Nature lesson 4: Aim for beautiful and useful
Nature is amazing. It’s beautiful, yet useful. How can we incorporate this in our art?
Nature lesson 3: Go symbiotic
My rant session wasn’t going very well. There I was, explaining away the causes of my struggles in an area or the other – not quite sure what it was – but my friend pointed out that the solution had been staring me in the face all along.
I should have taken a lesson from the clown fish and the sea anemone.
Nature lesson 2: Craft Your Work Environment
We measure and obsess about KPI’s at work but we should equally pay attention to work environment. Here’s the science to back this up.
Nature lesson 1: Hustle Sustainably
In recent years, I have discovered that I have a craving for nature. I am a sucker for strolls in leafy green surroundings. I find this the perfect place to get some cognitive space, away from the charivari of life. But my quest for solitude is not always successful because, as it turns out, a lot […]
3 reasons why you should journal this year
“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?” This was my least favourite question in job interviews a while back. I felt like my answers were phoney because whatever I set out to do never seem to materialise. I was still figuring out this messy thing called life and was mainly reacting to it. But […]
There’s no app for being the best you.
We want everything to be simple and straight forward.It’s a desirable thing.
But making products easier to use for end users, developing systems so the work can be easily managed, better organised, easier to teach and hand over require a more valuable trait.