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?

Episode #24 – Shake Up Your Working Environment to Boost Your Productivity

31st August 2017 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: employment, entrepreneurship, productivity

In this episode, I talk about our working environment, whether you are in self-employment or employment, and how shaking it up a bit can boost your productivity.

It’s so easy to get comfortable and stuck in our habits. But how do we know whether it’s helping us to work at our maximum capacity or not?

Episode #23 – Getting the Right Mindset to Help Your Business to Grow with Holly Worton

24th August 2017 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: podcast, productivity

In this episode, I talk to Holly Worton from Surry, UK who is an author, a podcaster, speaker and business mindset coach for women entrepreneurs.

There are two things that Holly loves to talk about; one is WordPress, and that ticks a box. But the other is about finding and using the right mindset to help you with your business and life. In a world where working 18 hours seems to be a badge of honour, Holly brings fresh and interesting insights.

Episode #20 – Create an ‘Awesome Log’ to Get Out of Your Slump & Improve Your Productivity

3rd August 2017 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: productivity

In this episode, we talk about the different issues that we all face when things get though; imposter syndrome, social anxiety, lack of productivity, feeling.

These are all real feelings that happens to the best of us. We start questioning everything, doubting our skills or feel like they are not moving forward.

And just to be clear, I’m not just talking about only the entrepreneurs and business owners. It can affect everyone; employees, parents, carers, high school students, apprentice.

Episode #12 – Running Your Business More Efficiently & Effectively with Erin Flynn

14th April 2017 - By Ahmed Khalifa - Tagged With: productivity, web design, web development

In this episode, I talk to Erin Flynn; a web designer based in Aspen, Colorado but with a difference. Despite starting her career within the web design and development industry, as she focuses on helping other designers and developers to run their business more efficiently and effectively.

I first spotted Erin after reading a blog about her 5-year self-employment anniversary and enjoyed it so much that I wanted to invite her onto the show and to talk more about her journey.