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Graham Allcott

  • Anastasia Kasimovahas quoted2 years ago
    So one key productivity lesson is to learn to be a bit kinder to yourself.
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    So we’re going to begin this book at the beginning. You can’t manage time. There’s no point trying. What you can manage is your attention, and it’s an even more subtle skill to learn.
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    Pay attention. Wisely. Time might be spent, but attention still needs to be paid. Look after this currency, as it’s the most valuable currency in the world
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    the ability to be present, in the moment, focusing your attention only on the one thing you want to focus it on. Most people experience this fleetingly, usually in moments where you’re up against a deadline and that deadline means you forget your hunger, you forget the other 10,000 things you could be doing at that moment and you’re 100 per cent engaged in the work.
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    and we know what children need: protection, nurturing, motivation, food, teaching, safety, to be listened to, to be treated as an individual and to be free from stress
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    The truth is so many people are quick to beat themselves up when things don’t go their way, but a cycle of ‘stress, lower productivity, more stress, even lower productivity’ isn’t good for anyone.
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    So list three simple steps that you’re going to take that will allow you to be kinder to yourself. It could be as simple as leaving the office on time every day this week, booking your next holiday, treating yourself to a relaxing, full-hour lunch break, having a massage or even just vowing to stop checking your emails when you’re not in the office.
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    but it’s vital that we develop an awareness of the relationship between attention level and the complexity of our work.
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    Physical activity and good nutrition go a long way to keeping you at your best for longer
  • pfjckdsvhas quoted8 months ago
    Big Hairy Audacious Goal.
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