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From Procrastinator to Producer – The Unschedule
Procrastinators know who we are. First there are the telltale symptoms: the nagging, free-floating guilt like a low-grade infection, the piles of unfinished work, the ever-growing to-do lists. For...
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Au Revoir, Paris – or, Committing to Your Talents
I didn’t plan to write this post. It’s only marginally about creativity or managing one’s time as a DaVinci. But it’s all I can think about right now. It’s pretty personal, but I have the idea it can...
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Information Addiction – The Costs
Are you are an information-maniac, a news junkie, a social-media butterfly? If so, you might be hurting yourself more than you think. The costs of information addiction are many and profound. Alas,...
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Give Yourself the Gift of Guilt-Free Play Dates
In an earlier post about The Unschedule from the book The Now Habit by Dr. Neil Fiore, I touched on the idea of “Guilt-Free Play”. This is the pre-planned recreational activity that Dr. Fiore says...
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Put Yourself First – Yes, Really
Do you put yourself first? If you’re like most multi-talented people (a.k.a. DaVinicis), you don’t. You run around, juggling too many projects and random life demands. You often feel over busy or...
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Is Talking About your Goals A Bad Idea?
Wait…isn’t talking about your talents and goals with others a good thing? Doesn’t it make you more accountable, and more likely to achieve your dream than if you keep it to yourself? Maybe. Maybe not....
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Putting the “prod” in Productivity – how to beat procrastination at its own game
If procrastination is a chronic issue for you (and I’m not judging; this blog post was scheduled to go up yesterday), rather than trying to beat procrastination, a smarter solution might be to learn to...
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Balance Rx for DaVincis: Simple Pleasures
You’re a creative, multi-talented person. To what extent are you enjoying your life? If you’re feeling more burdened or stressed than delighted these days, ask yourself: what simple pleasures can...
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Are you a “Spender” or a “Saver”?
In my coaching practice, I find most DaVincis (i.e. multi-talented people) are either ‘spenders‘ or ‘savers‘. How you spend money — or don’t — affects your finances, of course. By recognizing if you...
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What do to When you Can’t Sleep
We all know sleep is important for our health and well-being. Yet more we have going on, the more elusive a good night’s sleep can become. the more successful we become, the higher the risk of...
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Is procrastination genetic?
A recent article in the Huffington Post cited a study that suggest that procrastination might be an inherited trait. (You can read the article here.) Basically, researchers found that impulsivity and...
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Wanna Play?
image via commons.wikimedia.org Every morning, my Labrador prances into the kitchen with his favorite toy in his mouth. He pounces up and down, wiggles his butt and wags his tail. Without words, he is...
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Creative Solutions to Clutter
It’s perfectly natural for multi-talented people to have lots of stuff around — sources of inspiration, supplies, projects and products for every one of their talents. It adds up. It can be...
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Stuck? Seven Ways to Get Started
By Matthew Bargo [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia CommonsProcrastination is painful. Perhaps you’re...
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Is Talking About your Goals A Bad Idea?
Wait…isn’t talking about your talents and goals with others a good thing? Doesn’t it make you more accountable, and more likely to achieve your dream than if you keep it to yourself? Maybe. Maybe not....
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Balance Rx for DaVincis: Simple Pleasures
By Daniel Skorodjelow [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia CommonsYou’re a creative, multi-talented person. To...
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