Productivity advice misses the point
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Productivity advice misses the point

Our friend, Chris Mitchell, rowed across the Atlantic Ocean this year. He and teammate, Robbie Laidlaw, raised over £250,000 for charity — an incredible achievement. Chris and Robbie have been given awards, written about, and invited onto stages, podcasts, and panels to talk about their epic row and the three years of work that led to it.

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Never see productivity advice the same way again
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Never see productivity advice the same way again

I’ve been interviewing people with complicated lives who still get a huge amount done.

People who rely on carers to get out of bed. Kids with additional needs. Parents who can’t remember if they ate their dinner or left it in the microwave. Or any combination of these and other challenges.

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IWD. A big mistake?
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IWD. A big mistake?

In my poll this week less than half of you (44%) said International Women’s Day events are useful. Over 55% of you either think they should be done away with or were not sure if they are useful at all.

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How to get more done AND be happier (from someone who’s done it)
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How to get more done AND be happier (from someone who’s done it)

Research by Atlassian, into Fortune 500 and 1000 leaders, reveals that their top focus for the year ahead is productivity 🚀

I’ve been meeting leaders in London every Wednesday this month and they too are asking how to increase outputs AND decrease burnout, turnover and a lot of complaining (crikey there’s a lot of complaining, and we’ll come back to it.)

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Two big productivity lies
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Two big productivity lies

“Those email footnotes that say ‘just because I’m sending this message late or early reflects my working hours and doesn’t mean I need you to respond now’ make me FURIOUS”.

I wait to hear the lawyer explain to me why this is, with an inkling I may already know.

“Because when I send an email, at whatever time, I DO want a response. Right then.”

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Get ahead by planning in ten year cycles (not ten minutes!)
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Get ahead by planning in ten year cycles (not ten minutes!)

There’s a 102 year old American lady called Dr. Gladys McGarey, and what is amazing about her is that, even now, she has a ten-year plan. She checks in on it every day with her friend Rose. In a Times article about her, she was pictured riding her tricycle. I think we should all try to be like Gladys when we grow up!

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