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10 Underestimated Social Skills Many Programmers Forget About

 

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I recently had the privilege to publish my first guest post in SimpleProgrammer.com, which is a very good website filled with so many tips and suggestions for software developers. I wrote the article about some soft skills, a topic that I believe is underestimated, and wanted to remind myself and fellow software developers about their importance. Continue reading

Delaying procrastination

Source: smartproductivework.com

Source: smartproductivework.com

It is natural for a human being to want to delay doing something later on, or get trapped in procrastination. If we are to choose whether we want to book a flight at 12 or 12.30, it is highly likely that we will choose to go at 12.30. That is the way we tend to see things. That is true for almost anything that we want to do. We keep putting things off and plan to do them later. What if we could simply reverse this order and rather than seeing that particular task as something that should be done later as a task that right now deserves our attention and postpone procrastinating for later on? Continue reading

Overcome your initial resistance by building a momentum

Source: zastavki.com

Source: zastavki.com

Even the most productive people that seem to accomplish a lot have their own struggles of working on their tasks. It might sound a bit surprising, however these people simply find ways of dealing with these inner battles and get their job done. They do not see motivation as a prerequisite to start working. They are aware of the initial resistance that comes along them each time they want to go to the gym, or start typing the report letter. Despite that, they still are effective and get the work done, without being victims of excuses. Continue reading

What keeps you up late?

Source: lifehack.org

Source: lifehack.org

Last week I wrote an article about a very important question that we should ponder and reflect a lot about, which has to do with finding the reasons and the factors that drive us to be more productive and more engaged in things that we do. If you are not able to find any answer to that question, as it might sound a bit vague and strange to identify something in particular that is motivating you, then you might ask yourself another similar question that can unlock hidden sources of inspiration in you. Continue reading

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