Quotes About Productivity

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People with well-developed emotional skills are also more likely to be content and effective in their lives, mastering the habits of mind that foster their own productivity; people who cannot marshal some control over their emotional life fight inner battles that sabotage their ability for focused work and clear thought. A

In flow the emotions are not just contained and channeled, but positive, energized, and aligned with the task at hand.

Flow is a state devoid of emotional static, save for a compelling, highly motivating feeling of mild ecstasy.

Para acercar al trabajador desmotivado al estado de flujo es necesario intensificar la motivación y el entusiasmo, evocar una sensación de objetivo y agregar una pizca de presión.

using a home computer, or commuting. On average

The benefits companies receive from hiring workers with high levels of EI include better productivity, higher employee satisfaction, growing market share, and fewer defections.7

Csikszentmihalyi told me, "People seem to concentrate best when the demands on them are a bit greater than usual, and they are able to give more than usual. If there is too little demand on them, people are bored. If there is too much for them to handle, they get anxious. Flow occurs in that delicate zone between boredom and anxiety.

El bombardeo continuo de correos electrónicos, escritos y facturas –la "catástrofe completa" de la vida– nos arroja a un estado cerebral antitético

A mente absorta, sob a forma de mente divagante, poderá ser a maior fonte de desperdício da atenção no local de trabalho. O foco da nossa experiência no aqui e agora – como a tarefa em mãos, a conversa que estamos a ter, ou chegar a consenso numa reunião – exige que desliguemos a lógica do «tudo a meu respeito» de coisas mentais irrelevantes para aquilo que se passa no presente.

lo que determina la productividad real del colectivo no es su potencial teórico (es decir, su coeficiente intelectual colectivo), sino la forma de coordinar sus esfuerzos.

When people feel good, they work at their best. Feeling good lubricates mental efficiency, making people better at understanding information and using decision rules in complex judgments, as well as more flexible in their thinking.38

we have three innate psychological needs—competence, autonomy, and relatedness. When those needs are satisfied, we're motivated, productive, and happy.

coffee-then-nap combination known as the "nappuccino.

Afternoons are the Bermuda Triangles of our days. Across many domains, the trough represents a danger zone for productivity, ethics, and health.

The neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks goes one further: If you're working on two completely separate projects, dedicate one desk or table or section of the house for each. Just stepping into a different space hits the reset

Wilson showed that the cognitive losses from multitasking are even greater than the cognitive losses from pot smoking.

You'd think people would realize they're bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by a dopamine-adrenaline feedback loop, in which multitaskers think they are doing great.

After you have prioritized and you start working, knowing that what you are doing is the most important thing for you to be doing at that moment is surprisingly powerful.

Neuroscientists have discovered that unproductivity and loss of drive can result from decision overload.

The easiest way to increase happiness is to control your use of time. Can you find more time to do the things you enjoy doing?

money is the consequence of working, not the goal.

Work need not be concentrated in offices, companies can be run from homes, newspapers can be put out with almost no one in the newsroom; time spent commuting can be reduced; business meetings can be replaced by digital connecting. These impacts will last after lockdowns are well in the past. It took three years after 9/11 and more than seven years after the 2008 financial crisis for air travel in the United States to recover to the previous levels.

My constant battle is putting aside time wasters, and I have to watch out for procrastination. Staying on the path of something you're trying to create has much to do with having confidence in yourself and in your capacity to realize the things you want out of life.