Do you find yourself making promises to your supervisor or your co-authors to send the paper by a certain date and then “missing your own deadline”? When we promise to deliver the data analysis or the paper draft to someone, and then we forget about it and miss the deadline, we feel really bad about… Continue Reading
Productivity for Scientists
Category Archives: Habits & Practices
Productive or happy?… Or both?
In our quest to be more productive, do we have to sacrifice our happiness, or can we have both: be productive AND happy at the same time? And what does happiness even mean? In this video I share with you a definition of happiness that I came across recently, and how does it relate to… Continue Reading
How to stay focused and on track
You might be feeling unfocused and unproductive right now… There is so much to do and the progress is slow. You are getting distracted with internet and technology or you are getting constantly interrupted… It might be that your motivation is down, you are preoccupied with the worries and the negative thoughts make you drift… Continue Reading
From “overwhelmed” to “focused and productive”
If you are feeling overwhelmed and anxious right now, if you are stuck in procrastination and avoidance, if you are surrounded by negativity and misunderstanding, and if wish you can just sit down and become more focused and productive and get that project done, then this video is for you!! In this video I share… Continue Reading
How to allow yourself to write imperfectly
When we sit down to write we often find ourselves deleting more than we write or hesitating to write anything until it sounds perfect. And yet a great secret to progressing with your writing is to allow yourself to write imperfectly! Earlier this week I’ve received this comment from one of the participants of my… Continue Reading