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The Art of Procrastination

Mon, 30 Sep 2013

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Will get started on work… as soon as I finish this.

This being The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing by John Perry (no relation to Max of the same surname).

And, if, like me, you’re also procrastinating, you should read three of my favourite articles about procrastination, which I often read as a means of procrastination while procrastinating:

Have fun!

P.S. This is the website for Structured Procrastination, in case you want to buy the book too.

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Stuff you must read today (Fri, 20 Sep 2013) – The Happiness Edition

Fri, 20 Sep 2013

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What Happy People Do Differently | Psychology Today
“It turns out that activities that lead us to feel uncertainty, discomfort, and even a dash of guilt are associated with some of the most memorable and enjoyable experiences of people’s lives. Happy people, it seems, engage in a wide range of counterintuitive habits that seem, well, downright unhappy”.
10 Simple Things You Can Do Today That Will Make You Happier, Backed By Science | The Buffer Blog
Ten simple tips on being happy, in case you don’t have time to plough through the other articles.
The abundance of slowness | Medium
“‘Our frantic days are really just a hedge against emptiness.’ – Tim Kreider, NYTimes.com”.
The Habits Of Supremely Happy People | The Huffington Post
Just to reinforce what you’ve read in the other three articles.
Delusionist | oglaf.com
And finally, if all else fails…

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Stuff you must read today (Wed, 21 Aug 2013) – The Life Skills Edition

Wed, 21 Aug 2013

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There’s More to Life Than Being Happy | The Atlantic
“‘It is the very pursuit of happiness,’ Frankl knew, ‘that thwarts happiness.’ This is why some researchers are cautioning against the pursuit of mere happiness… ‘Happiness without meaning characterizes a relatively shallow, self-absorbed or even selfish life, in which things go well, needs and desire are easily satisfied, and difficult or taxing entanglements are avoided,’ the authors write”.

What are the three ways to train your brain to be happy? | Barking Up The Wrong Tree
Sounds like mumbo jumbo pseudo-science, but for people who find that they’re perpetually pessimistic/down/depressed/unhappy, consider doing this.

Life Skills: Ivanka Trump, Thich Nhat Hanh And Others On The Things Everyone Should Master By Age 40 | The Huffington Post
Some things you learn in school. Others, you learn from experience. But some things can neither be learnt at school nor should they solely be learnt from experience. This list has most of what you need to know.

Google’s Quest to Build a Better Boss | The New York Times
“Managers also had a much greater impact on employees’ performance and how they felt about their job than any other factor, Google found.

‘The starting point was that our best managers have teams that perform better, are retained better, are happier — they do everything better,’ Mr. Bock says. ‘So the biggest controllable factor that we could see was the quality of the manager, and how they sort of made things happen. The question we then asked was: What if every manager was that good? And then you start saying: Well, what makes them that good? And how do you do it?'”

37 Conversation Rules for Gentlemen from 1875 | The Art of Manliness
Relevant for both women and men, even in this day and age.

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