Are you brave enough to commit to these two rules for organizing your work life?
The first rule allows you to consider work-life balance quite specifically, not as a vague hope but as a concrete schedule. The second rule forces you to make that balance work – to take what could be drastic actions to rearrange your life, rather than jettisoning your preference as too many people do.
He was a graduate student when he first proposed the idea, so no boss figuratively hovering over him saying, “Now! Now! Now!” But now he is a professor and prolific author of books beyond his field of professional study – so very busy, with deadlines – and manages to make it work. In that vein, recently he suggested you might want to consider an Inbox Pause and an Inbox Reset. The Inbox Pause is a software tool that allows you to prevent messages from arriving in your e-mail inbox for a set amount of time. You could, of course, simply not look at your inbox, but too many of us lack that self-discipline. Dr. Newport says the tool reinforces the need to create periods of time when you can focus on deep work.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Canada's laundry and personal hygiene habits leave a lot to be desiredTowels, toilets and teeth – Canadians are hiding dirty little secrets about all three
Read more »
Doctor's cancelled flight to Magdalen Islands leaves 57 patients waiting months for care | CBC NewsNearly 60 patients on Quebec's Magdalen Islands will have to wait two more months to receive specialized care after an Air Canada flight carrying a Montreal doctor was cancelled. Regional health authorities fear medical specialists will abandon the region if travel issues aren't fixed.
Read more »
'Nature's life support system': Fake or real, houseplants are great for mental health'Nature's life support system': Fake or real, houseplants are great for mental health via healthing_ca healthnews mentalhealth houseplants
Read more »
'Nature's life support system': Fake or real, houseplants are great for mental health'Nature's life support system': Fake or real, houseplants are great for mental health via healthing_ca healthnews mentalhealth houseplants
Read more »
Drinking alone when you're young linked to alcohol problems later in lifeSolitary drinking early in life raises risk of alcohol use disorder, according to a new study that says the circumstances in which a person reaches for a bottle is just as important as the quantity they consume — via healthing_ca Healthing alcoholism
Read more »