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3 Ways to Structure Your Work Like a Workout

March 3, 2024 | Renée Fishman

The brain is not a machine that we can turn on or off at will. It’s a muscle. Ensuring optimal performance requires us to use the principles we apply to other muscles. Here are 3 ways to structure your work like a workout.

Filed Under: Coaching, Frameworks, Productivity Tagged With: cognitive performance, cycles, fitness, frameworks, growth, muscles, performance, planning, productivity, rest, seasons, structure, work, workout

The Work of “Doing Nothing”

March 2, 2024 | Renée Fishman

In the physical body, the work of building strength happens in the period of rest after the lifting session. The same principle applies to other realms of life.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: doing nothing, holistic productivity, optimal performance, productivity, rest, sustainability, work

What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Doing Anything

January 13, 2024 | Renée Fishman

If you’re having a moment where you don’t feel like doing anything, you’re not alone. Here’s a guide to what to do when you can’t seem to find motivation for what you need to do.

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: advice, awareness, doing nothing, mindfulness, productivity, rest, rituals, rules, self-awareness

2 Crucial Elements Necessary to Realize Your Potential

December 25, 2023 | Renée Fishman

A story about a change in methods for cattle grazing on land offers a potent lesson on 2 crucial factors we need to realize the potential that lies dormant within us.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: compassion, life purpose, meaning, potential, rest, Sabbath, stories

What Keeps You Busy?

December 23, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Even as nature and the season tells us to slow down, it’s easy to remain busy. Understanding why we resist rest is the first step to taking back what is sacred in life.

Filed Under: Coaching, Practice, Productivity, Spirituality Tagged With: busy, emptiness, fear, listening, productivity, resistance, rest, silence

The Paradox of Capricorn Season — and the Lesson it Teaches Us

December 21, 2023 | Renée Fishman

Capricorn season invites us to channel our persistence and determination to reach our goals. It begins with the winter solstice, which invites us to begin a season of rest. Here’s the lesson we learn from this.

Filed Under: Astrology, Productivity Tagged With: achievement, astrology, Capricorn, goals, nourishing, nurturing, persistence, productivity, rest, winter solstice

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