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Tag: Busyness
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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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What is Personal Productivity?
Update This post was written before I fully understood landscape of neurodiversity. My earlier posts on a productivity system are still relevant. The system works well for autistics and for people with ADHD who need a structure. In industry, productivity is measured in a scientific way. It is a way of working out how efficient…
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Choose how to Fully Relax
Update This post was written before I understood the effect of neurodiversity on stress. Some of the techniques below will still help depending on your profile. The principles of knowing yourself will help you know which methods of relaxation are most likely to work for you. One antidote to busyness, stress or overwhelm is being…
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Too Busy, Overwhelmed and Stressed Out?
Update: This post was written before I got to know more about neurodiversity. The basic advice is still valid if you have a neurodiversity. The more you know about what drives your busyness then the more you are able to manage it. Several years ago, we started to hear about the cult of busyness. I…
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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…