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Tag: ADHD
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Why some people shouldn’t ‘Eat That Frog’
Brian Tracy wrote the book ‘Eat That Frog. It describes a productivity method where you choose the most important task of the day then do it before you work on anything else. Whilst this is a very brief synopsis of a whole book there is some very valid thinking behind the principle. Many of us…
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Regular Burnout vs Neurodivergent Burnout
Burnout is talked about a lot. Some people think it is a never ending state of exhaustion, but there is more to it than that. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines Burn-out as “resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.” It is characterized by three dimensions: According to WHO it as…
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Neither fishing nor mending nets
This is a phrase I heard early in my career. Not from fishermen, but from an Electrical Superintendent in a papermill. Bob was good at quietly nudging people to focus what they spent their time on. When he thought folk needed to stop unproductive activities, he used the phrase “This is neither fishing, nor mending…
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Being swept towards the rocky shore
The outboard motor died, and the wind was blowing us onto the rocks of the small uninhabited island. I was a fit 15-year-old. The Saighdear (pronounced sigh-chair) was well into his eighties. I got the oars out and the Saighdear tried to get the outboard restarted. My aunt sat quietly with a worried look on her…
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How to Reduce the Busyness in Your Life
Is busyness a problem in your life? Do you find that at the end of each day, you’ve been busy but feel like you’ve not achieved anything meaningful? Do you have the feeling that you’ve wasted the day and that the important work has been avoided? Busy work is the type of work that you…