productivity

‘Atomic Habit’ – Book Review on How to Create Good Habits & Remove Bad Habits

5th October 2019 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: book reviews, productivity

We’ve all be in the situation where you want to learn a new habit but making that habit work is the hard part. It’s one thing to start a new habit or stop a bad one, it’s another to be consistent.

But have no fear, because James Clear’s latest book ‘Atomic Habit’ will help you do just that.

So if you want to learn a new language or musical instrument or you want to lose weight or quit smoking, James outline how you can make remarkable results by making tiny incremental changes with an easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones.

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How Listening to ‘Focus Music’ Can Improve Your Productivity at Work

11th October 2017 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: productivity

Picture the scene – you sit down at your desk, open up the browser and Excel, the hubbub of the office noise around you going on in the background, and you are about to start going through your to-do list.

Except, you can’t…because you just don’t feel like doing anything.

You do what everyone else says, you go for a walk, try the various productivity methods out there, break down your tasks in bite-size…and still nothing.

So you put on the headphones, stick on your choice of music, you’re in a zone and you’re ready to go.

‘Eat That Frog!’ Review & The ABCDE Method

12th September 2017 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: productivity

Bear with me on the “Eat That Frog” title. There is a reason for it…and it’s nothing to do with food either.

But perhaps you are familiar with the following statements:

“I’ll get that done soon…”

“Let me do this first…”

“I’ll get to it after I finish this…”

“I don’t have time to do this…”

And then you check your e-mails, social media feeds, look at that text message.

Oh wait, you should watch that TV show you recorded.

Does that sound familiar?