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Jun 16, 2024 | 
loublaser.substack.com | Lou Blaser |Claudia Brose
My dear reader friend, The first principle in Cal Newport’s latest book, Slow Productivity, is “Do fewer things.” Music to my ears. And also, easier said than done. I look at my To-Do list and say to myself, “Okay, my dear, do fewer things.” But most of these things are urgent or important or both. 😳 Doing fewer things today only means doing more things tomorrow. And the last thing my mental sanity needs is to encourage backlog. But then Newport gives us the key to implementing this principle.
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May 17, 2024 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
By Claudia Brose And now it's at your fingertips to gain back the freedom those apps once promised youPhoto by Ali Abdul Rahman on Unsplash We are sold that those thousands of mobile apps make our life easier, faster, and more bullet-proof. In reality, those mobile apps also became part of a control mechanism over our lives. Have you ever looked...
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
medium.com | Claudia Brose
A real-life case study on how to age with joy and energyYou might think being invited to a 90th birthday party is a boring thing you want to escape from. Far from it. I just came back from a 90th birthday party in Milan and am exhausted from all the dancing, singing, eating, drinking, talking and having fun. The 90-year-old birthday girl was full of energy, surrounded by friends, children, grandchildren, and she rocked the party.
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Feb 10, 2024 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
Here are 6 sure-fire ways to feed your discontentPeople tend to make life difficult for themselves. They just can’t help it. It makes us happy to be unhappy. There are plenty of reasons why people (often unconsciously) pursue unhappiness. “Imagine you have high expectations for yourself, others, or the world around you. Doesn’t that feel paralyzing? Some people prefer not to have happy expectations.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
What will people say about you when you are gone? Now, you might think, 'Why do I actually need to care what people will say about me when I am gone? I am gone... I won't hear it anyway. So, is it even important?'Well, change your point of view and look at it from the living side. Walking through life, it's helpful to pause once in a while and reflect on who you are and where you are on your life path.
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
I see attention as a core competence of the 21st century and believe we can use our potential to pay attention for building better lives and businesses. A bird's eye view on your lifeWe easily take attention for granted. It is somehow there. We like to get distracted and if somebody or something wants our attention, we grant it. We consider it an infinite source. It's not! It is very much limited which makes it so valuable. And if we consciously use our attention, it's actually very arduous.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
In a world that is always in a hurry, building a connection with the people around you is not easy. People don't take the time anymore to remember your face in the bakery, to talk to their neighbors and get to know them, to have a conversation with their guests at the hotel to make them feel welcome and comfortable. But we are longing for it. Don't you enjoy when the staff at your café, lunch place or restaurant recognize you?
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
In a world where technology is freeing you from having to think too much for yourself, people bury their common sense and observation skills in the closet. We are overwhelmed by too much everything, so we happily reach out to anything that helps us to lessen the burden on our brain and shortcut our daily duties. People have more faith in technology than in themselves. Paying attention to ourselves and our surroundings is a vital skill that modern technology often compromises.
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Aug 6, 2023 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
Try this when you want to quit feeling like a hollow jumping ping pong ballSlowing down is considered rather inappropriate in our busy world. But slowing down doesn't mean less acceleration. Rather, it means that we must learn to stay with ourselves when we are permanently pushed by a hectic world. You feel exposed to the external forces of stress, hectic and pressure as if they make you bounce around like a ping pong ball?
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
claudiabrose-attention.medium.com | Claudia Brose
By Claudia Brose How you can cut out this one stressor in your life by saying No more oftenPhoto by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash You say yes, but deep inside you mean No. You say No, but deep inside you mean Yes.
