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“There is no great writing, only great rewriting:” on writing and marketing as tools for thinking

Happier Now author Nataly Kogan tweets about writing as a tool for thinking: So much this. It was the biggest lesson I learned when writing my first book.

By |2020-11-23T07:53:55-08:00February 7th, 2020|Postacademic, Talks, Writing|Comments Off on “There is no great writing, only great rewriting:” on writing and marketing as tools for thinking

Speaking at Book Passage and SHACK15, San Francisco, 18 March 2020

Update: Obviously this has been put off, but I'm hopeful that we'll reschedule for some time this spring or summer. Whenever life starts to return to normal. I'll

By |2020-04-05T15:20:28-07:00January 29th, 2020|SHORTER, Talks|Comments Off on Speaking at Book Passage and SHACK15, San Francisco, 18 March 2020

It’s not just humans who benefit from working less

One of the things that everyone I talk to in SHORTER (US|UK) advises is to focus on your core work, and cut down on open-ended or low-margin commitments.

By |2020-01-28T13:23:35-08:00January 28th, 2020|Business and work, Overwork|Comments Off on It’s not just humans who benefit from working less

Reason number one million to leave your phone alone during breaks

Nextgov reports on new research comparing the mental efficacy of breaks with and without phones: Using your phone on break during mentally challenging tasks doesn’t allow your brain

By |2020-04-02T12:31:58-07:00January 15th, 2020|Attention / Distraction, Health / Medicine / Wellness, REST, The Distraction Addiction|Comments Off on Reason number one million to leave your phone alone during breaks
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