The 10-Minute Rule To Stay Focused: How To Manage Distractions
One of the biggest challenges to staying focused is the constant urge to check your phone or scroll social media. These small distractions can seriously derail your productivity.
Try the “10-minute rule”: when the urge hits, just wait 10 minutes. That short pause helps you resist temptation, and most of the time, the distraction passes—so you can get back to your task with renewed focus.
Mastering Recognition as Your Superpower: Why It Matters as a Leadership Skill
In today’s competitive job market, recognition is more than just a nice-to-have—it’s a crucial element in building a high-performing, engaged workforce. As leaders, it’s your responsibility to ensure that recognition isn’t an occasional event but a cornerstone of your organizational culture. In a recent webinar for the Bucketlist Recognition Week Conference, I shared actionable strategies […]
How to Boost Your Productivity and Wellbeing with Short 10-minute Workouts
While traditional exercise is often seen as an hour-long gym session or an early morning routine, research shows that even 10–15 minutes of distributed activity can combat fatigue, increase energy, and enhance focus.
How To Future-Proof Your Career When Job Confidence Hits A New Low
With job confidence at an all-time low, taking proactive steps to ensure your career remains resilient in the face of change is essential. Here’s how you can future-proof your career, regardless of market conditions.
The Power of the Brain Dump: A Simple Technique to Reduce Stress and Overthinking
Have you ever found yourself lying awake at night, your mind racing with unfinished tasks, forgotten errands, or unresolved worries? Or maybe you’ve sat down to work on a big project only to feel paralyzed by the number of things on your mental to-do list. If so, you’re not alone. Overthinking and overwhelm are common […]
How to Use ChatGPT to Craft New Year Resolutions That Stick
Are you ready to make 2025 your best year yet? ChatGPT can be your brainstorming partner, helping you craft meaningful and achievable resolutions for your career.
7 Ways To Reset Your Burnout Levels During The Holiday
Over half of workers experienced burnout in 2024, a significant increase from the previous year, with stress as the leading cause. Burnout results from a chronic imbalance between job demands and available resources, often leaving employees feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and exhausted. In this article, we explore the impact of burnout on mental health, how workplace culture contributes to the problem, and, most importantly, how to recover. This holiday season, take intentional steps to detach from work and recharge, ensuring you return to work refreshed and ready to thrive.
Why Gratitude Matters: Wrapping Up The Year With Wins And Compassion
As the year ends, it’s common to focus on what remains undone or plan for next year. But a recent study shows the benefit of practicing gratitude instead.
5 Ways To Cultivate Internal Motivation And Self-Validation
Some leaders or work cultures may not consistently provide external validation, such as praise or recognition. If you rely heavily on these, you may feel frustrated or demotivated when they’re absent. That’s where internal motivation and self-validation become essential—they allow you to recognize your own progress, celebrate small wins, and stay motivated regardless of external […]
4 Ways To Prioritize And Focus By Mastering The Pareto Rule
One common mistake people make when they feel unsatisfied and unproductive is to work reactively, only responding to urgent and last-minute requests, emails, and other small tasks as they arise. To avoid falling into this trap, planning and prioritizing what is truly important for you to accomplish each day is essential. Using the Pareto Rule to filter out urgent but less critical requests, you can determine what is truly worth your time and what isn’t.
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