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Creating Consistency in Your Personal and Professional Goals Thus, it is always challenging for all individuals to accomplish long-term goals repeatedly in every aspect of life, which includes work and daily activities. For most goals such as marathon training and product release, or simply an objective achievement, an increasing curve is used to achieve certain…

Analysis Paralysis: Overcoming Perfectionism in Your Decision Process Introduction: Defining Analysis Paralysis Research has shown that analysis paralysis victims experience mental confinement when they invest too much time into problem examination before making decisions. People experience this problem in all high-risk situations, such as business decisions, romantic choices, and project management. Perfectionists must deal with…

Ever watched someone’s face while they’re deep in a marathon? That thousand-yard stare isn’t exhaustion but rather it’s their brain operating at a different level altogether. It’s no accident that cyclists describe long rides as “meditative” or the state where they chase the “Runners high”  Even dancers talk about ascending to a higher plane during…

Someone mentioned that the biggest productivity hack is saying “No” to things. Another interesting piece of advice is: if it’s not a “Hell yes,” then it’s a no. While this approach can’t be applied in all situations, it can serve as a useful yardstick for prioritising tasks. A “Hell yes” often represents those exciting opportunities…

I often look at companies’ vision and mission statements, and recently, I came across Honda’s philosophy, which they call the Three Joys: the Joy of Buying, the Joy of Selling, and the Joy of Creating. I was fascinated by the simplicity of this concept, and upon reflection, it seems to be a robust litmus test…

We often find ourselves looking at large to-do lists and trying to mentally gauge which tasks to prioritize and complete. Over the years, I have come across several prioritization frameworks and delved into procrastination tools & focus measures such as the Eisenhower matrix (Urgent/Important matrix), Pomodoro technique, and some Agile prioritization tools such as MoSCoW…

I was reading the book Ruthless Consistency by Michael Canic and Came across an interesting chapter on Hiring team members – Hire for what you are likely to overlook. The chapter goes on an explains about the traits for success quoting a story of Theo Epstein who engineered the success of Chicago cubs after Oct…