Oooooh, mind control…no, this blog post isn’t about being abducted by aliens or experimenting with something strange from a mad scientist’s laboratory. I wrote this article to help you to take back control of your mind. Every day we are bombarded by notifications, sounds from an app that used popped up on your phone, and …
Peter Drucker wrote 50 years ago that effective knowledge workers batch tasks together and work on tasks in long, uninterrupted sessions. Cal Newport’s book “Deep Work” argues you should do the same. So why should you care?Deep Work is nothing new. It should be common sense. Some people would refer to “Deep Work” as a …
The first thing most people do when left alone is browsing their social media feeds and checking the news. They are not asking “How to overcome internet addiction?” Instead 99% of what they look at when browsing the net will mean nothing to them after a few minutes. We all know that we are probably …
A great Zen teacher named Hui Neng was enlightened when hearing a single sentence from the Diamond Sutra. (This is one of the essential teachings in Buddhism). The sentence was: “Develop a mind that clings to nothing.” Renewing your mind to stop brain overload means that you cling to nothing. This is one of the …
No two people are the same, so no two readers are the same, either. With that said, people who ask the question “How to focus on reading” usually fall into one of two categories: Either you love it, or you hate it. Even if you love reading most of the time, some kinds of materials …
Have you ever set out to start a new habit or goal, but found willpower doesn’t work? How easy is it for you to get yourself out of bed in the morning or resist the temptation to go to Facebook when you are trying to stay focused at work? Willpower Doesn’t Work For 3 Reasons: …
In 2004 Christoph van Nimwegen a cognitive psychologist at Utrecht University began a series of simple but highly revealing experiments to discover what kind of behavior leads to expertise.This experiment is highly relevant to your journey as an entrepreneur, freelancer, or even just a human being. The experiment had two groups of people play a computer …
Let’s say you’ve been wanting to quit spending so much time on reddit or Facebook for a while, or you’ve really been wanting to start your online business or finish your new book. All of a sudden, you read something that motivates you … You’re ready to make the change! You’re determined. You’re going to make this …
How often do you feel busy, but feeling as if you’re not actually getting anything done? Days go by and you feel consistently overwhelmed with so many things on your plate, but you don’t actually make any real progress on anything meaningful. Then we look around and wonder how so many others we look up to seem …