“an adult who spends an average of six hours a day watching TV over the course of a lifetime can expect to… — Jocelyn K. Glei Watching tv Copy Share Image
“Through our constant connectivity to each other, we have become increasingly reactive to what comes to us rather than being proactive about… — Jocelyn K. Glei Increasingly Copy Share Image
“The strategy is to have a practice, and what it means to have a practice is to regularly and reliably do the… — Jocelyn K. Glei Strategy Copy Share Image
“start developing self-awareness by setting boundaries for how and when we use our technology, and then checking in with our intentions when… — Jocelyn K. Glei Awareness Copy Share Image
“Frequency keeps ideas fresh. You’re much more likely to spot surprising relationships and to see fresh connections among ideas, if your mind… — Jocelyn K. Glei Frequency Copy Share Image
“Every time you’re doing something, you’re not doing something else. But you don’t really see what it is that you’re giving up.… — Jocelyn K. Glei Time Copy Share Image
“Free Radicals want to take their careers into their own hands and put the world to work for them. Free Radicals are… — Jocelyn K. Glei Radicals Copy Share Image
“it’s better to disappoint a few people over small things, than to surrender your dreams for an empty inbox. Otherwise you’re sacrificing… — Jocelyn K. Glei Dreams Copy Share Image
“people have a really bad habit of coming in and checking e-mail first thing in the morning. And for many people, the… — Jocelyn K. Glei Bad habit Copy Share Image
“The biggest problem we face today is “reactionary workflow.” We have started to live a life pecking away at the many inboxes… — Jocelyn K. Glei Email Copy Share Image
“Survey data collected in 2008 suggested that adults collectively watched 9.8 billion hours of television over the course of a year. In… — Jocelyn K. Glei Adult life Copy Share Image
“There are many ways you can signify to yourself that you are doing your practice. For example, some people wear a white… — Jocelyn K. Glei Art Copy Share Image
“THE MULTITASKING MYTH Studies show that the human mind can only truly multitask when it comes to highly automatic behaviors like walking.… — Jocelyn K. Glei Habits Copy Share Image
“Frequency is helpful when you’re working on a creative project on the side, with pressing obligations from a job or your family.… — Jocelyn K. Glei Every day Copy Share Image
“Follow your passion” is bad advice. I reached this conclusion after spending a year researching a basic question: What makes people love… — Jocelyn K. Glei Bad advice Copy Share Image
“99U’s Manage Your Day-to-Day assembles insights around four key skill sets you must master to succeed: building a rock-solid daily routine, taming… — Jocelyn K. Glei Creative mind Copy Share Image
“Frequency keeps the pressure off. If you’re producing just one page, one blog post, or one sketch a week, you expect it… — Jocelyn K. Glei Frequency Copy Share Image
“We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period,… — Jocelyn K. Glei Underestimate Copy Share Image
“these insights, taken together, will help you shift your mind-set, recalibrate your workflow, and push more incredible ideas to completion. —” — Jocelyn K. Glei Insights Copy Share Image
“This pattern is common in people who love what they do. Their satisfaction doesn’t come from the details of their work but… — Jocelyn K. Glei Career Copy Share Image
“This book offers many deep and powerful insights into optimizing your day-to-day rhythms. You’ll likely find that your work habits have drifted… — Jocelyn K. Glei Books Copy Share Image
“Tactics are idiosyncratic. But strategies are universal, and there are a lot of talented folks who are not succeeding the way they… — Jocelyn K. Glei Strategies Copy Share Image
“Like it or not, we are constantly forced to juggle tasks and battle unwanted distractions—to truly set ourselves apart, we must learn… — Jocelyn K. Glei War Copy Share Image
“Limit your daily to-do list. A 3” × 3” Post-it is perfect—if you can’t fit everything on a list that size, how… — Jocelyn K. Glei Limit Copy Share Image
“The strategy is simple, I think. The strategy is to have a practice, and what it means to have a practice is… — Jocelyn K. Glei Strategy Copy Share Image
“For his book Willpower, psychologist Roy Baumeister analyzed findings from hundreds of experiments to determine why some people can retain focus for… — Jocelyn K. Glei Books Copy Share Image
“Genius is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent perspiration.” To make great ideas a reality, we must act, experiment, fail, adapt, and… — Jocelyn K. Glei Genius Copy Share Image
“Creative minds are highly susceptible to distraction, and our newfound connectivity poses a powerful temptation for all of us to drift off… — Jocelyn K. Glei Creativity Copy Share Image
“Keeping yourself in “permanent beta” makes you acknowledge that you have bugs, that there’s more testing to do on yourself, and that… — Jocelyn K. Glei Beta Copy Share Image
“Studies show that the human mind can only truly multitask when it comes to highly automatic behaviors like walking. For activities that… — Jocelyn K. Glei Habits Copy Share Image
“Create windows of non-stimulation in your day. Make this time sacred and use it to focus on a separate list of two… — Jocelyn K. Glei Long term Copy Share Image
“One of my most helpful Secrets is, “What I do every day matters more than what I do once in a while.” — Jocelyn K. Glei Every day Copy Share Image
“Hence a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” — Jocelyn K. Glei Attention Copy Share Image
“Sophocles quote—“Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse”—to” — Jocelyn K. Glei Death Copy Share Image
“In a world filled with distraction, attention is our competitive advantage.” — Jocelyn K. Glei Attention Copy Share Image
“Tactics are idiosyncratic. But strategies are universal,” — Jocelyn K. Glei Strategy Copy Share Image
“That’s why so many creative visionaries stick to a daily routine.” — Jocelyn K. Glei Creativity Copy Share Image
“waiting for inspiration to write is like standing at the airport waiting for a train.” — Jocelyn K. Glei Fitness Copy Share Image
“multitasking is a productivity drag masquerading as an efficiency booster.” — Jocelyn K. Glei Productivity Copy Share Image
“it’s true that frequency doesn’t have to be a daily frequency; what’s most important is consistency. The more widely spaced your work… — Jocelyn K. Glei Frequency Copy Share Image