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Write about things that you are grateful for and revisit it each time you feel bad

March 12, 2017 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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We all have our difficult times, when we feel not that good. These problems tend to take a lot of our attention that we suddenly forget all the other great opportunities that we possess. Our head is mostly filled with these dark opinions about how unfortunate we are and then we try to recall other periods in our lives when we were going through tough times too. It is difficult to become aware that these problems are usually temporary and that a way to overcome them is most definitely nearby. Continue reading

Elon Musk can be afraid just like you

September 18, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 1 Comment

When you hear the name of Elon Musk, what might be among the first things that pop into your mind?

I guess you might think of a modern “Iron Man”, who is really smart and really brave going after his targets despite all odds and conventional wisdom.

Except being an extraordinary guy for its achievements, his seemingly inhuman work ethic working around 100 hours a week and his big goal of making interplanetary transportation possible, he feels fear too. Continue reading

The 400,000 dollars idea about productivity

September 4, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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Charles M. Schwab, who used to be one of the richest man in the planet, asked the productivity consultant Ivy Lee for some advice that would help his employees increase their work efficiency. The advice he gave to the executives turned out to be something very valuable for which Schwab later paid Lee a sum that is now worth 400,000 dollars. Continue reading

What can Bruce Lee teach us about productivity

January 15, 2016 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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If you have watched any movie in which Bruce Lee starred, you are most probably amazed by his ability to beat a lot of his opponents simultaneously. His triumphs show a vast combination of physical skills built up through countless hours spent while training and also indicate a mental strength. A strength and a skill that you and I can use in different areas of our lives. We can use some of these lessons even in seemingly unrelated areas such as productivity. Continue reading

Turn your repetitive tasks into Autopilot-type of behaviors

October 4, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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We have a lot of implanted daily routines that we consciously or unconsciously do at a certain time like brushing teeth immediately when we wake up, drinking a tea or a coffee when we get to work, or going to the bathroom before going to bed. This does not only free up our mind and conserves a lot of mental energy from having to always decide when we should do them, but it also creates for us opportunities to think about solving our problems, coming up with creative ideas, or reflecting about our actions. Yet there are other things that we need to do them repeatedly that we simply do not do them at a consistent time, because we do not have the resolve to set a fixed schedule about them. Continue reading

Get a better life by building better habits

August 23, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

We are products of our own behaviors, that we consciously or unconsciously do, also known as habits and the results that we have in our lives are mostly the outcomes of them. According to a study published by Duke University in 2006, we spend more than 40 percent of our time engaged in habitual actions that we do not give a second thought about. Thus, it is very important to improve our habits, if we want to get things that we have not achieved until now. Continue reading

Learning productivity from the production of iPhone

July 5, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

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Producing an iPhone might be a difficult process, and the factory that produces it always uses the same process of production, thus it does not have to always reconsider this system of production. Yes, it is something that is set up after a lot of regulations made in the past, but after a period of time, it became a process that is regularly used. The same process is used and the same output is produced. It is as simple as that, but we fail to implement it into our own lives. Continue reading

Increase your productivity as much as five times by doing your job with a purpose

May 3, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 3 Comments

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Employees are the ones that bring success to the companies they work in and are the most valuable asset. As a result of this, companies try to increase their productivity by giving them better conditions and better payments and similar incentives that are intended to make their employees work and life more enjoyable and a fulfilling experience. However, people do not do a job at a certain company just for the money, as Senior Vice President of Google, Laszlo Bock said in an interview. Continue reading

Before you start a task, ask yourself whether you should do it at all

February 24, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 0 Comments

If you go to a restaurant and order a meal, you are automatically given the right to get as much salt as possible for free. However, just because it is free, you do not end up putting a lot of salt into your meal, as it will decrease its taste. Similarly, you should not do a lot of things just for the sake of your capabilities of doing them.

What does productivity mean to you

January 7, 2015 / Fatos Morina / 1 Comment

Last night I had the pleasure of being an attender of the free webinar about productivity held by the team behind AsianEfficiency.com. Zachary Sexton lectured about some tips that have the potential to make you more productive, but he didn’t want to let the audience passive, so he gave us time to write some answers about some questions related to productivity. Among the questions, there was also the question where we were asked to talk about the definition of productivity that we had.