347 Shares What is a life without creativity? I believe a life free from creativity is a life free from joy. Our creativity is the essence of who we are. We have a responsibility to ourselves and to the world to feed from our personal well of inventiveness and imagination. But what can you do when your inner artist eludes you? Here are 24 creativity quotes that may bring her out to play. “The chief enemy of creativity is good sense” – Pablo Picasso “Think left and think right and think low and think... More »
128 Shares We are all busy. Hopping or jumping or running around from task to project. Fitting everything in is a task only organisational gurus can manage to do. We are bred with a belief that we must work hard — that the only route to success is sweat and toil. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? What if we could do half of the work and achieve all our goals and dreams in half the time? It’s easier than you think; it just involves a little bit of planning... More »
414 Shares Having problems fitting it all in? Is a 24 hour day no longer enough? If this is the case, here are 9 useful techniques that you can use to boost your time management skills: 1. Be Clear about Goals and Objectives A sure way to delay in getting started or to make a job last longer than it needs to is being unsure about the objectives. You will often waste time doing work that doesn’t need to be done or spend too much time on other work. Before you set out get... More »
7.6K Shares I’m a green tea drinker. Not for the love of the taste — no way! I drink it because I’m told it’s good for me…or, to be honest, the real reason I drink it is because I believe it help keeps my weight in check. But recently I decided to look into it a bit deeper and see what are all these other benefits of green tea people talk of. Why Green Tea? Green tea has been used as a medicine for thousands of years, originating in China but widely used throughout... More »
360 Shares “There is more to life than increasing its speed” - Gandhi I always have a list of things to do from here to Neptune, or maybe just as far as Mars but either way it’s pretty long. Yesterday I didn’t want to do any of it I wanted to go slow. I wanted to be like the people I see collecting their children from school who have time to do their housework and bring their children to the park. I wanted to be free from all responsibilities and roles and just be.... More »
188 Shares If you are a regular reader of Lifehack, I bet there have been times when you have had this reaction: “Oh no not another Getting Things Done article.” But I also bet you read them anyhow. Why is that? Maybe it is because our lives revolve around getting things done. From the moment you wake in the morning to the time you close your eyes at night, you spend the day fulfilling responsibilities, completing tasks and working towards goals both big and small. For some this revolves around home life, cooking, cleaning... More »
136 Shares So, you have finally found what you are passionate about, you blog about it regularly, you love to write and come up with new ideas, but nobody ever told you all the other bits that were involved in blogging. The guest posts, the commenting on other blogs, the social media requirements, the eBooks, the eCourses and that’s not including the other job you may be holding down. So how can anyone become a productive blogger with all these tasks to perform daily? The Writing The Reading The Commenting The Marketing The Stats... More »
536 Shares There are many definitions of leadership, many quotes from highly revered people that sum up the essence of leadership. Perhaps the most well know is Gandhi’s “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Lead without title But as Leadership expert Robin Sharma has pointed out, you don’t have to have a title to be a leader. He tells us that we all must step up to the mark and be a leader in our own field, even if we work in a team or are self employed. When it... More »
96 Shares In Chaos Theory, “The Butterfly Effect” explains how small changes in conditions can produce results very different from predictions. If good weather is predicted on a day at one side of the world and a butterfly flaps its wings on the other, this could actually cause a storm rather than the good weather as predicted. The flapping of the wings changes the air pressure very slightly causing a weather pattern completely different from the one originally forecast. Sometimes one simple action can lead to great results — or avoid catastrophic ones. Have... More »
179 Shares The dreaded filing, piling up on your desk, in your filing tray, on top of the filing cabinet, anywhere except where it is meant to be. Why does such a simple task that requires very little brain power cause such distress in most people? Filing is one of the top jobs that most people procrastinate on. Of late I have been trying to simplify my life, moving gradually towards a more minimalist approach and in the process I decided to work from a smaller desk. I reckoned that if there was less... More »
170 Shares I’ve just spent the past two weeks in South Africa. I love South Africa, its people, its diversity, its beauty. But one thing that I am reminded of every time I visit is how life in Africa can be much simpler. Time moves more slowly and life takes on a different rhythm; the majority of African people have learnt to live with less. This is my goal and my current journey; to live life with more simplicity, to unburden myself and to eliminate the excess in all areas of my life. In... More »
378 Shares A common New Year’s goal is to become more organized or productive and a common complaint is that it is more of a challenge than first anticipated. We all have our personal challenges; there are things we know we should do but simply don’t. Tasks that we ought to do but simply don’t want to. Habits that we want to implement but struggle to apply. Techniques we know we will benefit from, but somehow there never seems to be the time, the discipline or the commitment to follow through. The most effective... More »
229 Shares “He who knows others is wise, he who knows himself is enlightened” – Lao Tzu One of the first steps in change is awareness — understanding how and why you do things the way you do. But why is it important to know yourself? Awareness of self…empowers. It creates space and understanding for decisions to be made. Decisions on how to move forward or decisions on how to change. Self-awareness gives us a starting point, a place to work from. In Sunny Schlenger and Roberta Roesch’s book “How to be organized in... More »
168 Shares Often I come across highly productive people in their business environment whose home life can only be described as horrendous chaos. They are in control at work but the minute they step through the door in the evening, their control, order and discipline eludes them. The work habits and ethics don’t carry through. How can you change this chaotic home life into a more efficient flow? It can be done by creating positive productive habits which will create more time to enjoy the more important things in life. Plan, Plan, and Plan... More »
384 Shares Today, having an email address has become as normal as having a surname. My seven year old son and my seventy six year old mother have email addresses. We can safely say that the email overload phenomenon is nothing new. Since 1971 we have been sending emails, but since 1971 a large percentage of us have not learned how to most effectively use email and how to avoid it becoming a cross we have to bear. Here are 9 healthy habits you can adopt to prevent you from suffering from the Email... More »
