Posts Tagged ‘energy’

The Work of Worry

I admit, I'm a worrier. Always have been – when I was a teenager, I used to lay awake nights worrying about… well, whatever teenagers worry about. In college, I used to worry about classes, girls, money – and eventually about the fact that I was laying up nights worrying instead of sleeping. Today, I worry about… well, I worry about the same things, I guess, except now I'm on… Continue reading

October 5 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: anxiety, energy, organization, procrastination, work, worry | 24 comments»

Nap time

Napping is one of the best, most underused tools for busy people. It is frowned upon by many people and is viewing as something for the elderly and children. Mention napping and you could be seen as lazy, depressed and unwilling to work. The majority of people experience drowsiness in the afternoon and notice their productivity and mood starting to slip and napping will help combat this. It… Continue reading

June 3 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: energy, nap, napping, rest, sleep | 24 comments»

A Shoeless Geek

I don’t like shoes. I think they look silly and I think our society gives them too much power. Their main purpose is to provide protection for our soles when we are walking outside on rough terrain but why can’t it end there? Why do business men and women feel the need to have to wear these silly things all day long? They’re not comfortable. I spent most of my life as… Continue reading

October 29 2008 | By Jamie | Tagged: energy, gym, health, mobility, movement, rehabillitation, shoe, workout | 17 comments»

Your Metabolic Bank Account

Many of us are confused when we hear about how important a healthy metabolism is to our well being. What exactly is this metabolism and how do you know you're treating it right? I find it best described as you would your own personal bank account. You can make deposits and you can make withdraws. If you make enough deposits, over time, your metabolism will mature appropriately and you will… Continue reading

September 10 2008 | By Jamie | Tagged: energy, fitness, health, metabolism, weight-loss | 4 comments»

Apply a Noise Gate to Your Life

Chances are you’ve heard — or rather, not heard — the effects of a noise gate, but unless you’re into audio engineering, you probably didn’t realize it. Ever been at a concert or listen to a radio broadcast where it sounds great when there’s music playing or a voice speaking, but no hiss in the pauses between? Unless the signal happens to be really clean, odds are that was… Continue reading

July 17 2008 | By Torley | Tagged: energy, focus, gate, healthy, noise, silence, time | 6 comments»

The Power of Ritual: Conquer Procrastination, Time Wasters and Laziness

Life is wasted in the in-between times. The time between when your alarm first rings and when you finally decide to get out of bed. The time between when you sit at your desk and when productive work begins. The time between making a decision and doing something about it. Slowly your day is whittled away from all the unused in-between moments. The solution to reclaim… Continue reading

January 22 2008 | By Scott H | Tagged: energy, habits, procrastination, Productivity, ritual, time | 39 comments»

20 Foods To Snack On For Enhanced Productivity

(photo from here)

Most people eat to lose weight, get healthy and build muscle. There are some people, however, who snack correctly in order to enhance their productivity. The following is a list of 20 foods you can eat to improve your eye-sight, improve your performance, energize your brain and keep your day on track.

Avocados. These keep you from bloating up after a big lunch and are

January 22 2008 | By Kavit | Tagged: energy, exercise, foods, health, Lifestyle, Productivity | 91 comments»

Top 5 Ways to Double your Energy (Without Caffeine!)

It’s one of the most common complaints on the planet and it comes in many forms:

"I just sat down, you get up."
"I’m too tired, too achey, too frazzled."
"Can’t a person have 5-minutes to just chill out?"
"I’m burned out."
"I’m feeling a little... run-down, weak, lazy"

While there may be other contributing factors... Lack of energy plays a pretty major role in all these excuses. Over the last ten years, motivated largely by the… Continue reading

January 18 2008 | By Jonathan | Tagged: energy, exercise, health, meditation | 42 comments»

What You Didn’t Know About the World’s Top Three Productivity-Enhancing Drugs

There are things people consume to stay awake longer, become more energetic or somehow increase productivity in other ways. They are usually things that people enjoy consuming – often in large volumes. Coffee, Coca-Cola (and other caffeinated soft drinks), and tea are the global big three productivity-enhancing drugs of choice. Most users think they are such great products that they can’t get through the day without. We suggest that… Continue reading

January 8 2008 | By Tatsuya | Tagged: caffeine, drugs, energy, fitness, health, Productivity | 44 comments»

8 Tips to Create a Day to Recharge Your Motivation

It’s easy to recognize when you’re physically tired. You haven’t slept normally in days or even weeks. You can’t remember the last time you saw the inside of a gym. And enough caffeine is racing through your bloodstream to keep a small elephant alert. When your motivation is down, the effects can be worse than physical tiredness. You can’t concentrate, you procrastinate and become as lazy as… Continue reading

December 13 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: audiotapes, depression, disappointment, drive, energy, enthusiasm, motivation, Productivity, rest | 10 comments»

11 Tips for Nuking Laziness Without Becoming a Workaholic

Rest is important for productivity. Trying to work straight without recovering your energies leads to a wandering attention, procrastination and, in extreme cases, death. But when does “recovering your energies” just become an excuse to waste time? How do you draw the line between constructive rest and laziness? I don’t believe this question has an easy answer. The most productive people I know have a… Continue reading

December 11 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: energy, lazy, Management, procrastination, Productivity, recovery, rest, time | 43 comments»

The Top 4 Misapplications of the 80/20 Rule

Eighty percent of the output comes from twenty percent of the input. That is basically a summary of the Pareto Principle, or as it is more commonly known, the 80/20 Rule. The rule comes from Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist who noticed that 80% of Italy’s wealth was in the hands of 20% of the population. The 80/20 Rule points out the imbalance of effects. Just as… Continue reading

December 6 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: 80/20, 80/20-rule, effective, efficient, energy, Lifehack, Management, pareto, Productivity, time | 35 comments»

15 Tips to Restart the Exercise Habit (and How to Keep It)

It’s okay, you can finally admit it. It’s been two months since you’ve seen the inside of the gym. Getting sick, family crisis, overtime at work and school papers that needed to get finished all kept you for exercising. Now, the question is: how do you start again? Once you have an exercise habit, it becomes automatic. You just go to the gym, there is

November 6 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: diet, energy, exercise, fitness, health, life | 113 comments»

Getting Rid of Yesterday: How to Start Your Day Fresh

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes we start a day with the previous day still in mind. We think about the mistakes we made in the previous day, how things went wrong, and how we felt bad about it. No wonder it becomes difficult to focus on the current day. And since we cannot fully focus on the day… Continue reading

October 30 2007 | By Donald | Tagged: attitude, effectiveness, energy, focus, happiness, life | 20 comments»

6 Rules to Work Less and Get More Accomplished

It’s impossible, right? In order to get more done, you need to invest more time. Working ten hour days will make you more accomplished than a colleague that only works seven. Studying three hours a day will get you better grades than the guy who skims through a few chapters before the test. More work = more results. I disagree. Working smart beats working hard… Continue reading

October 23 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: 80/20, 80/20-rule, energy, energy-management, goals, pareto, parkinsons, perfectionism, Productivity, time-management | 49 comments»