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Time management | Putting it into practice
Here are some ideas for building a better, healthier and more fulfilling relationship with time, whether you're thinking about 60 minutes or 60 yearsOne hourWe've all been astonished by how quickly an...
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Time management: reclaiming free time
Learning to play without being productive is a vital part of enjoying free timeChildren know how to throw themselves into a state of freewheeling adventure, cantering after curiosity simply for the joy...
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Time management: sustain your soul with structure
Structuring time doesn't have to be about work. Make appointments to reconnect with something personally importantMost of us are painfully aware of, and sad about, how highly structured our time is....
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Time management: Interruptions can boost your creativity
Take time to savour unexpected sidetracks - they are the essence of creative thoughtIn our zeal to create a seamless flow through our days, we're in danger of losing something precious: the delights of...
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Planning for the future means making conscious decisions now
Rather than being preoccupied with day-to-day events, take a step back and look to the larger prospectsWe fill our lives with plans for our future selves. People have always done this. Someone who...
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Appreciating the present
Managing time well means appreciating the present and grounding our wandering attentionThere's a one-in-two chance your mind is on something else as you read this sentence. A study by Harvard...
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Time management: the past isn't a foreign place
How do we learn to embrace our past?The modern mind is inclined to think of the past as gone. Archaeologists dig the ground for it; others try to hold on to it with photos. "The past is a foreign...
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Stop the clock: time shouldn't be tied to timepieces
Abandon your watch, cover your clocks and try some slow-time activitiesYou don't have time to read this, do you? At least not if the past 300 years of history have had any influence on you.Our troubles...
View ArticleFree audiobook download: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The first in our series of inspiring self-help audiobooks is Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, Eat, Pray, Love. Look out tomorrow for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.Mobile users – please visit the...
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The second in our series of inspiring self-help audiobooks is the classic bestseller Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. Look out tomorrow for Sophie's World.Mobile users –...
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The third in our series of inspiring self-help audiobooks is the bestseller Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. Look out for The Power of Positive Thinking only in tomorrow's Guardian.Mobile users –...
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The final in our series of inspiring self-help audiobooks is Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking. Mobile users – please visit the desktop site.
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We are giving you the chance to win a place on an undergraduate or postgraduate course at the Open University.
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Top 10 weird spa treatments
From a retreat sleeping under the stars in the Sinai desert, to a snake massage in Israel or a chocolate facial at Hershey's, we've rounded up the world's weirdest spa treatmentsSnake massage,...
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Global experiment probes the deceptions of human memory
Preliminary results are in from a huge online experiment designed to test a flaw in the way the brain stores memoriesEarlier this year, we launched an online memory experiment on this blog. We had an...
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Time management | Putting it into practice
Here are some ideas for building a better, healthier and more fulfilling relationship with time, whether you're thinking about 60 minutes or 60 yearsOne hourWe've all been astonished by how quickly an...
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Time management: reclaiming free time
Learning to play without being productive is a vital part of enjoying free timeChildren know how to throw themselves into a state of freewheeling adventure, cantering after curiosity simply for the joy...
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Time management: sustain your soul with structure
Structuring time doesn't have to be about work. Make appointments to reconnect with something personally importantMost of us are painfully aware of, and sad about, how highly structured our time is....
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Time management: Interruptions can boost your creativity
Take time to savour unexpected sidetracks - they are the essence of creative thoughtIn our zeal to create a seamless flow through our days, we're in danger of losing something precious: the delights of...
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Planning for the future means making conscious decisions now
Rather than being preoccupied with day-to-day events, take a step back and look to the larger prospectsWe fill our lives with plans for our future selves. People have always done this. Someone who...
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