Category: Entrepreneurial

What are the virtues of self compassion?

Do you know the virtues of self compassion? Research says that life becomes a beautiful place when you start loving yourselves.

Self care by being kind to yourself goes a long way in ensuring a healthy and fruitful life.

This makes our lives less stressful and more fulfilling. Hence this is the first step towards healthy relationships and hence a healthy work life/

This insight inspired from Nir Eyal’s book succinctly points towards the same.

For another similar insight inspired from the same book of Nir Eyal, please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/prioritize-your-own-well-being/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal, please visit this link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

Why should you prioritize your own well being?

Did you know that your well being is central to life’s three primary domains? Read this post to know why you should prioritize your own well being.

Nir Eyal goes at length and explains that unless we ourselves are happy and fulfilled we cannot have good relationships in personal life or work life.

Shown below is the need to prioritize our own mental health since this has a direct impact with our relations with near and dear ones and hence our work lives.

Eating healthy, taking care of ourselves and setting aside personal time for ourselves is very important.

For another similar insight inspired from the same book of Nir Eyal, please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/use-signals-to-reduce-distraction/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal and his work please visit this link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

How can you use Signals to reduce Distraction?

Did you know that how can effectively use signals or indications to reduce distraction especially external ones.

Whenever we use an indicator it lets others know not to disturb us.

This is a very effective technique as outlined by Nir Eyal in his book Indistractable.

The essence of this can be found in the below insight inspired from the same book.

For another wonderful insight that has been inspired from the same book Indistractable by Nir Eyal, please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/best-way-to-reduce-email-time/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal and his work please visit the following link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

What is the Best Way to reduce Email Time?

To know the best way to reduce email time read this blog post with key tips.

These tips have been inspired from Nir Eyal’s book Indistractable.

The most important thing that we need to do is reduce the number of emails that we reply to. Also we should try to have more conversations rather than sending emails.

Sometimes taking some time to reply back rather than spontaneously replying helps as well.

The insight below mentions about some very important tips to improve our work life balance by reducing obsession with emails

For another such wonderful insight from the same book by Nir Eyal, please read this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/importance-of-breaking-cycle-of-responsiveness/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal and his work please visit the link below:

https://www.nirandfar.com

Understand the Importance of Breaking the Cycle of Responsiveness

Our ALWAYS ON mindset in modern work lives outlines the importance of breaking the cycle of responsiveness.

Perlow’s concept states that when we are to eager to respond to matters at work we turn on our ALWAYS on mindset which makes things worse.

This not only gets us stressed up, we lose work life balance and hence can’t devote time for our families.

The following snapshot mentions about this cycle and hence enlightens us to turn off after work.

For another such insightful post from the same book Indistractable, please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/cluttered-computer-desktop-is-unhealthy/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal, please visit this link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

Why is a Cluttered Computer Desktop Unhealthy?

Did you know that a cluttered computer desktop is unhealthy? In this insight we explore this reason.

Our brain hates clutter and gets stressed up when things are disorganized.

A cluttered desktop is a constant reminder of the unfinished tasks and hence gets our brain stressed up.

Hence as a best practice clearing up the desktop and keeping only the necessary items is beneficial for the health.

For another such interesting insight from the same book Insdistractable, please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/tips-to-reduce-your-email-time/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal, please visit this link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

Learn about Best Tips to Reduce your Email Time

To know about tips to reduce your overall email time, please read this blog post inspired from Indistractable.

In our work lives, email is all pervasive and forces us to context switch and takes away our focus.

But there is a method to the madness if you would like to make best use of our time.

Please read the below insight mentioned by Nir Eyal in his book which can help us spend time judiciously with emails.

For another such insightful post from the same book, please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/best-way-to-manage-cell-phone-distraction/

To know more about Nir Eyal and his work, please visit this link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

What is the Best Way to Manage CELL PHONE DISTRACTION?

The Best Way to Manage CELL PHONE DISTRACTION has been mentioned by Nir Eyal in his book Indistractable.

The 4R’s to fight this major distraction that is all pervasive in our lives will go a long way in helping us focus on important tasks.

This would ensure proper time management and focus on all three life domains of Your Own self, Relationships and Work life.

For another wonderful insight inspired from the same book please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/four-steps-for-effective-meetings/

To know more about Nir Eyal, his work and his books please visit this link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

Adopt these Four Steps for Effective Meetings

The four steps for running effective meetings is a lesson all of us can implement in our work lives.

In his book Indistractable the author Nir Eyal enlightens us on the need of device free meetings for better results. This is the pre-requisite to ensure that we derive the best results from such meetings.

Please find below the insight inspired from the same book to know more about these guidelines to run effective meetings.

For another such insightful post from the same book, please visit this link:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/instill-fun-in-a-boring-task/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal, please visit the below link:

https://www.nirandfar.com

Why Instill Fun in a Boring Task?

In his book Indistractable, the author Nir Eyal mentions the importance to instill fun in a boring task to make it look interesting.

Experts are those who have the ability to do boring tasks in a repeatative manner without getting tired. The secret sauce of doing this is to infuse fun in the otherwise mundane tasks.

When we do something new to these boring tasks, we can enjoy doing these tasks which incrementally add up to our expertise.

Please read the insight below that elaborates on the same topic.

For another wonderful insight inspired from the same book of Nir Eyal please visit:

https://viewpointsunplugged.com/fours-reasons-our-satisfaction-wanes/

To know more about the author Nir Eyal, please read below:

https://www.nirandfar.com