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2016., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: 650.1 B154p Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "After obtaining his business degree, Chris Bailey created the AYearOfProductivity.com website to chronicle a year-long series of productivity experiments he conducted on himself, along with his interviews with productivity experts, from Charles Duhigg to David Allen. Bailey tried out going several weeks with getting by on little to no sleep; he cut out caffeine and sugar; he lived in total isolation for 10 days; he used his smartphone for just an hour a day for three months; he gained ten pounds of muscle mass; he stretched his work week to 90 hours; a late riser, he tried getting up at 5:30 every morning for three months -- all the while monitoring the impact of his experiments on the quality and quantity of his work. Among the winning strategies: Slowing down to work more deliberately. Shrinking or eliminating the unimportant. The rule of three. Striving for imperfection. Scheduling less time for important tasks. The 20 second rule to distract yourself from the inevitable distractions. The concept of productive procrastination. Bailey offers a treasure trove of insights and over 25 best practices that will help you accomplish more. Chris Bailey is a graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa. His new website is ALifeOfProductivity.com"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Mindfulness meditation in everyday life1994., Hyperion Call No: NEW 155.9042 K11w Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Mindfulness is considered the heart of Buddhist meditation but its essence is universal and of deep practical benefit to all. In essence, mindfulness is about wakefulness. Our minds are such that we are often more asleep than awake to the unique beauty and possibilities of each present moment as it unfolds. While it is in the nature of our mind to go on automatic pilot and lose touch with the only time we actually have to live, to grow, to feel, to love, to learn, to give shape to things, to heal, our mind also holds the deep innate capacity to help us awaken to our moments and use them to advantage for ourselves, for others, and for the world we inhabit. Just as a garden requires attending to if we hope to cultivate flowers and not have it be overrun with weeds, mindfulness also requires regular cultivating. We call the cultivating of our own mind to bring it to wakefulness meditation. The beauty of it is that we carry this garden with us, wherever we go, wherever we are, whenever we remember. It is outside of time as well as in it. In this book, Jon Kabat-Zinn maps out a simple path for cultivating mindfulness in one's own life. It speaks both to those coming to meditation for the first time and to longtime practitioners, anyone who cares deeply about reclaiming the richness of his or her moments. .
