Ultimate Productivity Hack – The ‘Do It Later Junk List’
Hey there, Let’s be honest. Procrastination is something we all do sometimes. Whenever we’re supposed to do something that’s not super fun and exciting, something that requires hard, intense and deep work, it tends to happen that our brain gets in our way and finds lots of highly interesting, yet distracting activities that we might […]
Getting Motivated – The Final Chapter
So, today is going to be our final post in our series about motivation (I know, I’m sad too.). If you were able to apply some of the lessons we gave you before, you should have been able to build up a fair amount of real, internal, motivation. Today, we’re giving you the icing on […]
Getting Motivated – it’s all in the details. Part II – Motivation Madness
Hi everyone, A while ago, we discussed motivation, and what distinguishes ‘fake motivation’ from ‘real motivation’, the first kind being a temporary, external boost that doesn’t last very long, and the latter one being a real, innate drive and desire to perform a task and get stuff done. The first strategy you ought to implement […]
Getting Motivated – It’s all in the Details Part 1
About last time…a small recap As you might remember, a while back we talked about motivation. I explained to you all the myths surrounding motivation – what it was and what it wasn’t – and how you can achieve more motivation yourself. At the end I even gave you a little assignment (sincerely hope you […]
Motivation, what is it and how do you get it?
Pieces of the Puzzle Us here at FocusMe are very proud of our amazing app. It’s been proven to be super effective in increasing your productivity and helping you achieve your goals. Whether that’s writing your own novel, getting that work project done in time, making it through your exams unscathed, we’ve got thousands of […]
Using Your Smartphone for Good Instead of Evil – A Short and Easy Guide
In today’s world, it’s hard to imagine life without our smartphone. And let’s face it, it can be a rather useful gadget. You can book a flight from anywhere, do your banking, find a girlfriend or boyfriend, have all the information in the world available in the palm of your hand, and communicate in a […]
Focus, Your Key to Success
Once upon a time… Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, arguably two of the most successful men alive, met for the very first time about 30 years ago. At first, Buffett didn’t care much for meeting the Microsoft CEO. While they were both loaded with money, they were two different people, doing two very different things. […]
To Live a Great Life, Learn to Live Offline
Living in a World of Constant Digital Distraction In today’s world, we’re surrounded by screens. We seem destined to live life behind our computers, our tablets, our smartphones. We get drawn in by Twitter, Facebook, reddit, YouTube, news websites, countless blogs, podcasts, the list goes on and on. It seems almost like an obligation to […]
Essentialism, Part 2 – Essentialism in Practice
A Quick Recap on Essentialism You might remember that we talked about Essentialism a while ago. To sum everything up, there were basically three key points that you needed to apply if you wanted to become an Essentialist. First of all, you have to re-establish choice. If you do something, know that you do it […]
The Philosophy of Essentialism, Part 1 – The Essentials
Once in a while, you come across a book and while you’re reading it, you find yourself nodding your head all the time. For me, one such book was ‘Essentialism’ by Greg McKeown. I found myself nodding my head because what was written there were many ideas that I had thought of myself. Great minds […]