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Rewrite Founder and Executive Career Coach Monique Shaw shares personal and professional insights, practical tools and reflections on rewriting your story to change how you work, lead and live.
Stop the Perfectionism - Procrastination Cycle: 5 Simple Steps
Do you find yourself chasing an unreachable standard while constantly delaying the very tasks that matter most? You aren't alone. For many high-achieving professionals, perfectionism and procrastination are deeply and inextricably linked.
While society often views the pursuit of perfection as a noble trait, in reality, it can act as a shackle that keeps you smaller and more muted than your talents deserve. By understanding the psychology behind this cycle, you can start to unhook yourself from these patterns and move into messy, meaningful action.
Want More Time? Stop Doing Work That Isn’t Your Work
One of our scarcest and most sought after currencies is time. We want to maximise productivity, minimise effort, workout in minutes and meditate-on-the-go. But trying to cram more into 24 hours doesn’t create more time, it just creates more stuff to do. The single most effective way to have more time is very simple. Work less. And by that, I mean stop doing work at work that isn’t your work.
When Is Productivity A Dirty Word?
High productivity receives high praise because we worship at the altar of more – more busy-ness, more stuff, more money, more achievement. But this pursuit of more can be problematic, especially when it comes to productivity. Productivity for productivity’s sake is a fast track to stress, burnout, anxiety, resentment, dissatisfaction, unfulfillment and unproductivity.
How To Escape The Email Trap
The number of email users and emails continues to rise. So does the use of mobile devices. Email is everywhere and it can get to you anywhere, anytime. Email isn’t going to respect you or your time so if you want to break out of the trap, you’re going to have to free yourself.
Make The Same Impact At Work In Half The Time
I halved my working hours almost overnight when I returned to full-time work after having a baby and my reputation – and the impact of my work – was not affected at all. In fact, I got a bigger job opportunity within that first year and eventually went on to launch my own business. Here is how I did it…