“Try leaving the smartphone in your pocket the next time you’re in line or in a crowd. Notice one source of unexpected… — Jocelyn K. Glei Discipline Copy Share Image
“I have tried to advocate for the roll-up-your-sleeves productivity and management skills required to push ideas to fruition. My mantra has always… — Jocelyn K. Glei Management Copy Share Image
“Screen apnea is the temporary cessation of breath or shallow breathing while sitting in front of a screen, whether a computer, a… — Jocelyn K. Glei Apnea Copy Share Image
“If you want to create something worthwhile with your life, you need to draw a line between the world’s demands and your… — Jocelyn K. Glei Ambitions Copy Share Image
“The second part of it, which I think is really critical, is understanding that being creative means that you have to sell… — Jocelyn K. Glei Creativity Copy Share Image
“insights around four key skill sets you must master to succeed: building a rock-solid daily routine, taming your tools (before they tame… — Jocelyn K. Glei Creative mind Copy Share Image
“With one eye on our gadgets, we’re unable to give our full attention to who and what is in front of us—meaning… — Jocelyn K. Glei Fear Copy Share Image
“The single most important change you can make in your working habits is to switch to creative work first, reactive work second.… — Jocelyn K. Glei Change Copy Share Image
“discovered that creativity and efficiency can be enhanced over the course of a workday when workers alternate between mindful and mindless activities.… — Jocelyn K. Glei Creativity Copy Share Image
“As individuals we’re even worse off; we never have off-sites with ourselves. Seldom do we stop doing what we’re doing to think… — Jocelyn K. Glei Bad habit Copy Share Image
“Woody Allen once said that 80 percent of success is showing up. Having written and directed fifty films in almost as many… — Jocelyn K. Glei Success Copy Share Image
“there are a lot of talented folks who are not succeeding the way they want to because their strategies are broken. The… — Jocelyn K. Glei Strategy Copy Share Image
“It takes a concerted effort to be mindful with social media—to be proactive instead of reactive. When we’re mindful, we’re aware of… — Jocelyn K. Glei Copy Share Image
“Certain times of day are especially conducive to focused creativity, thanks to circadian rhythms of arousal and mental alertness. Notice when you… — Jocelyn K. Glei Circadian rhythm Copy Share Image
“We have become so trusting of technology that we have lost faith in ourselves and our born instincts. There are still parts… — Jocelyn K. Glei Faith Copy Share Image
“YOUR CAPACITY IS LIMITED The challenge is that the demand in our lives increasingly exceeds our capacity. Think of capacity as the… — Jocelyn K. Glei Computers Copy Share Image
“Most people are strongly wired to be intolerant of uncertainty. We experience it as pain, fear, anxiety, and doubt. When faced with… — Jocelyn K. Glei Anxiety Copy Share Image
“self-control is not genetic or fixed, but rather a skill one can develop and improve with practice.8 Baumeister suggests many strategies for… — Jocelyn K. Glei Discipline Copy Share Image
“DON’T JUST DO, RETOOL YOUR DOING Often I’ll ask a great team about the last time they had a meeting to discuss… — Jocelyn K. Glei Great team Copy Share Image
“We have become so trusting of technology that we have lost faith in ourselves and our born instincts. There are still parts… — Jocelyn K. Glei Art of life Copy Share Image
“TIME TO OPTIMIZE We need to rethink our workflow from the ground up. Paradoxically, you hold both the problem and the solution… — Jocelyn K. Glei Optimize Copy Share Image
“The challenge is that the demand in our lives increasingly exceeds our capacity.” — Jocelyn K. Glei Demand Copy Share Image
“The days are long, but the years are short,” and “Always leave plenty of room in the suitcase.” One of my most… — Jocelyn K. Glei Days Copy Share Image
“One of the skills that will make or break all of us in the twenty-first century is the ability to try out… — Jocelyn K. Glei Technology Copy Share Image
“It’s time to stop blaming our surroundings and start taking responsibility. While no workplace is perfect, it turns out that our gravest… — Jocelyn K. Glei Blame Copy Share Image
“I think we need that self-awareness. That we don’t have time because it’s convenient not to have the time, because maybe we… — Jocelyn K. Glei Awareness Copy Share Image
“The next thing working against us is the calendar. It has a tendency to represent tasks that can fit in thirty-minute or… — Jocelyn K. Glei Working Calendar Copy Share Image
“every great leader must face his or her demons in order to overcome them. I’ve always known this, but I wasn’t aware… — Jocelyn K. Glei Big things Copy Share Image
“Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize winner and microfinance pioneer, says, “All human beings are entrepreneurs. When we were in the caves, we… — Jocelyn K. Glei Business Copy Share Image
“Some of the most successful people I know have slowly nurtured small, engaged networks of people who provide tremendous value to each… — Jocelyn K. Glei Relationships Copy Share Image
“Frequency makes starting easier. Getting started is always a challenge. It’s hard to start a project from scratch, and it’s also hard… — Jocelyn K. Glei Every day Copy Share Image
“For too long, the creative world has focused on idea generation at the expense of idea execution. As the legendary inventor Thomas… — Jocelyn K. Glei Creativity 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 Reactive Copy Share Image
“Another thing to understand is the notion of choice architecture, which means that the environment in which we make decisions tends to… — Jocelyn K. Glei Buffet Copy Share Image
