How to Beat Parkinson’s Law and Supercharge Your Productivity
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Even if you are not familiar with its name, I’m sure you’ve fallen prey to Parkinson’s Law countless times… I never met anyone who hasn’t! Do You Recognize These Symptoms? We all know the drill: when we have too much time to complete a task, we tend to slack off until the task becomes urgent. Then, when meeting the deadline ge

6 Productivity Principles to Live By (My Personal Productivity Manifesto)
Here are six principles I strive to live by. This is my own “personal productivity manifesto”: it summarizes what works for me about personal productivity. Whenever I follow these guidelines, I am at my very best, feeling productive and joyful. If I feel that I am doing things outside these guidelines, I know I can refer to them and quickly get back on track. Since these principles work so well for me, I figured they mig

How Can I Make Litemind More Useful for You?
Will you help me make this website better? Today, instead of providing new content, I’d like to ask you to speak your mind and take this quick survey.It shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes, and your feedback will give me invaluable ideas and insights on how I can make the website better for you. Two quick things about

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
Do you ever have the impression that no one takes your ideas seriously? Why is it so difficult to get our great ideas across while urban legends and conspiracy theories circulate so effortlessly? It turns out these ideas and stories — the ones that spread like wildfire — all share some identical common principles. That means we can learn and apply these principles to make our own ideas more appealing

Overcome Fear of Failure, Part II — 6 Powerful Strategies You Can Use
In the first part of this series, we focused on building an effective mindset for overcoming fear of failure. Now it’s time to get down to action: here are 6 powerful strategies you can use to conquer fear of failure right off the bat. 1. Acknowledge Your Fear There’s a good reason why acknowledgement is the first st