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The Surprising Way to Make Workouts and Work More Effective

November 26, 2023 | Renée Fishman

A recent change in my routine reminded me of a surprising way to make workouts and work more effective and efficient. The biggest challenge might be giving yourself permission to employ it.

Filed Under: Coaching, CrossFit, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: cognitive load, effective, efficient, engagement, fitness, focus, fun, goals, lessons, patterns, productivity, work, workouts

Is Pursuit of Effectiveness Actually Effective?

July 12, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Dominant productivity culture tells us we should aim to be effective in our work. But is the aim to be effective really the end goal?

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: ADHD, beliefs, creating, culture, effective, efficient, entrepreneurship, impact, mindset, negative thoughts, neurodivergent, presence, productivity, schedules, service, structure, toxic productivity, work, writing

What Surfers Teach Us About Productivity

February 11, 2019 | Renée Fishman

The general perception of surfers is that they are lazy and unproductive. The truth is quite the opposite. We can learn a lot from surfers about productivity.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: effective, efficient, energy, energy management, lessons, productivity, surfing

How to Think Like a Chef

February 4, 2017 | Renée Fishman

How to Think like a chef

The most important things we want to know cannot be found in a Google search. In this era, cookbooks seem hopelessly outdated and inefficient. You can’t search for recipes with the same ease that you can search the web. You can’t link to your shopping list. Even Amazon’s Alexa can’t tell you where the recipe […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Alexa, cookbooks, cooking, create, creating, effective, efficient, mind models, mindset, organizing, process, process vs outcome, productivity, recipe, systems, technology, think, thinking, writing

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