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By Crabbe, Tony[2015], Adult, Grand Central Publishing Call No: 155.24 C883b Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Business psychologist Tony Crabbe outlines a four-step approach to combating one of the modern life's great problems: being too busy. Divided into four sections -- Mastery, Differentiation, Engagement and Momentum -- the author shows how to switch from managing time to managing attention, how to transition toward a career strategy that doesn't hinge on productivity, how to think differently about success by re-engaging with what matters, and how to create the impetus, energy, and clarity to put all these changes into effect. Why we're getting it wrong at the moment and to develop a fresh new approach to taking back our lives from chaotic outside forces"--Provided by publisher.
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By Newton, Anna2019., Quadrille Call No: 650.11 N561e Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Anna Newton is just another 20-something, trying to balance work, her friends, her husband Mark, a growing handbag habit and a penchant for reformer Pilates. Over the last 5 years, she's become a massive YouTube star, with over 450k subscribers, who tune in for her weekly videos on everything from house renovations to the best summer foundation. Anna is a typical Virgo - she loves being organised. Like, really loves it. An Edited Life outlines her strategy for staying on top of every aspect of her world; from work schedules to making time for friends, meal prepping to making sure she stays in the black at the end of the month, the perfect capsule wardrobe to the importance of a Sunday night at-home spa. It isn't about chucking the contents of your sock drawer out, or about abandoning that Friday night pizza habit: it's just a question of editing it down so it works for you.
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2013., Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks Call No: 155.9 K11f Edition: Revised and updated edition, Bantam Books trade paperback edition.. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Stress. It is everywhere around us. Even worse, it gets inside us: sapping our energy, undermining our health, and making us more vulnerable to anxiety, depression, and disease. Now, based on Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinnœs renowned mindfulness-based stress reduction program, this groundbreaking book shows you how to use natural, medically proven methods to soothe and heal your body, mind, and spirit. By using the practices described within, you can learn to manage chronic pain resulting from illness and/or stress related disordersdiscover the roles that anger and tension play in heart disease reduce anxiety and feelings of panicimprove overall quality of life and relationships through mindfulness meditation and mindful yoga. More timely than ever before, Full Catastrophe Living is a book for the young and the old, the well, the ill, and anyone trying to live a healthier and saner life in todayœs world.
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-- Calm your mind :2022., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: NEW 152.4 B154h Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A toolkit of accessible, science-backed strategies that reveal that the path to a less anxious life, and even greater productivity, runs directly through calm. When Chris Bailey, productivity expert, discovered that he had become stressed and burnt out because he was pushing himself too hard, he realized that he had no right to be giving advice on productivity without learning when and how to rein things in and take a break. Productivity advice works--and we need it now more than ever--but it's just as important that we also develop our capacity for calm. By finding calm and overcoming anxiety, we don't just feel more comfortable in our own skin, we invest in the missing piece that leads our efforts to become sustainable over time. We build a deeper, more expansive reservoir of energy to draw from throughout the day, and have greater mental resources at our disposal to not only do good work, but to also live a good life. Among the topics How to Calm Your Mind covers are how analog and digital worlds affect calm and anxiety in different ways; how our desire for dopamine, a neurotransmitter in our brain that leads us to feel overstimulated, breeds anxiety, dissatisfaction, and needless stress, but can be countered by other neurochemicals; how hidden sources of stress can be tamed by a "stimulation fast" and how "busyness" is as much a state of mind as it is an actual state of life. The pursuit of calm ultimately leads us to become more engaged, focused, and deliberate--while making us more productive and satisfied with our lives overall. In an anxious world, achieving calm is the best life hack around.
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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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[2015], Adult, Ballantine Books Call No: 650.1 C323s Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Feel like you're on a treadmill that won't stop? Learn to step off and hit your stride. Not long ago Christine Carter, happiness expert at UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, found herself caught up in the busyness of modern life: too many conflicting obligations and not enough time, energy, or patience to get everything done. She tried all the standard techniques--prioritizing, multitasking, delegating--but found that she needed a new approach, one that would allow her to live more in that zone we've all glimpsed but can never seem to hold on to: the sweet spot of expertise, efficiency, and ease. Drawing on her vast knowledge of the latest psychological, neurological, and biological science related to happiness, productivity, and elite performance, Carter put herself through the practical paces. Her goal was not to live a stress-free life, but rather to build stress resilience and find a quicker path to calm and confidence. Her trials and errors are our reward. Carter shares her combination of practices for attaining happiness without giving up success. How to take a brief recess, an inoculation against "The Overwhelm" and the key to converting stress into productive and creative energy. How to start daily micro-habits that free you up to focus on and enjoy more important things. How to unplug from seemingly time-saving gadgets that can sap our strength, and use technology more strategically prioritize our relationships. How to cultivate tolerance for a little discomfort while we build the skills that make hard things feel easy and develop the grit to bounce back from life's inevitable setbacks. This inspiring book lets us in on the possibilities for joy and freedom that comes when we stop trying to do everything right--and start doing the right things"--Provided by publisher.
