Productivity - Caeledro

Does your workspace match where your head is?

What does your work space say about where you are? Don't stop reading!! This isn't one of those (potentially) judgemental posts which goes on to tell you that the only way to success is to work on a spartan desk. There is a lot out there about the "right" way....

2 September 2021Creativity, Productivity

Creativity Productivity

Everyone can be creative

Everyone can be creative I feel sad when I hear people describe themselves as not creative. As we grow up, we become conditioned to go straight to analysis. A lot of adulting requires us to analyse and discard options quickly, and that is a really important skill. But it can....

26 August 2021Creativity, Productivity

sad baby clown resting its head on a basket

Productivity Self awareness Wellbeing

When the unexpected blues strike

Today I woke up with the blues. Not depression - I've been there and I know what that feels like - but an all-pervasive feeling of sadness and brain fog that I knew would be a barrier to achieving the things I needed to today. What I would normally do:....

17 August 2021Productivity, Self awareness, Wellbeing

woman in brown sleeveless dress and blue jeans walking along a path in a wood

Productivity Wellbeing

Solvitur ambulando (It is solved by walking)

Original article: https://qz.com/quartzy/1627981/this-latin-phrase-will-change-the-way-you-manage-problems Sometimes you come across an article that totally resonates with where you are. And this one did it for me. Solvitur ambulando loosely translates from Latin as "it is solved by walking". (Many thanks to TheClikk for pointing me at this article in their latest newsletter, which....

12 August 2021Productivity, Wellbeing

Productivity

Dealing with the things that derail your day

So I had a clear plan of what I was going to achieve today. Well okay, it wasn't that clear, but I had plans. Things to do. And then there was a lot of mewing from my fabulous, delightful, occasionally evil cat Molly, after which I discovered a baby rabbit....

4 August 2021Productivity

Productivity Self awareness

Essentialism – working out what is really important right now

My business book club recently read "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" by Greg McKeown. I didn't immediately chime with the message, finding it more than I felt I could commit to. Basically, Greg suggests that we pare down our priorities to the absolute bare minimum and reject anything else....

16 June 2021Productivity, Self awareness

Challenges Productivity Self awareness

Put on your cape, and achieve your goals

To work towards a goal we need a motivation to act. And to be motivated, we need an emotional connection with the end point. To do that, we need to keep asking WHY? Why is this important to me? Keep following that thread of questioning until you reach the personal....

25 May 2021Challenges, Productivity, Self awareness