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The Growth Writer

·May 3

Breaking the Procrastination Habit: Strategies for Overcoming and Achieving Your Goals

Procrastination is a common problem that many people face. I am expert at procrasticleaning — a term I first heard Gretchin Rubin use; the art of feeling productive through clearing up your workspace. It’s a wonderful way of avoiding doing the thing you’re avoiding. Procrastination is act of delaying or…

Motivation

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Breaking the Procrastination Habit: Strategies for Overcoming and Achieving Your Goals
Breaking the Procrastination Habit: Strategies for Overcoming and Achieving Your Goals
Motivation

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The Growth Writer

·May 2

Crafting Your Ideal Lifestyle Leads to More Happiness than Chasing Your Dream Job

How many of us believe that finding and pursuing your dream job is the key to happiness and fulfillment in life? This was absolutely what I believed during my early career. Now that I’m older and wiser, I’ve come to realise that living a happy life is not about the…

Life Lessons

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Crafting Your Ideal Lifestyle Leads to More Happiness than Chasing Your Dream Job
Crafting Your Ideal Lifestyle Leads to More Happiness than Chasing Your Dream Job
Life Lessons

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The Growth Writer

·May 2

Task switching is a modern day curse; how to overcome

We might believe that we are good at multi-tasking. Modern life demands it. The reality is that that our brains are incapable of doing several things at once. …

Productivity

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Task switching is a modern day curse; how to overcome
Task switching is a modern day curse; how to overcome
Productivity

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The Growth Writer

·Apr 30

Rule Followers Are the Least Productive People

During a recent interview, Matthew Dicks author of several books including Someday is Today, said something so profound that I stopped running to make note of it. “Rule followers are the least productive people”. I spent the rest of my run thinking about the “rules” that we live our lives…

Inspiration

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Rule Followers Are the Least Productive People
Rule Followers Are the Least Productive People
Inspiration

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The Growth Writer

·Oct 22, 2022

5 Simple Ways to Gain Respect

Respect; a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. Wouldn’t we all love to have some of that in our lives? Being respected is not the same as being liked. …

Work

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5 Simple Ways to Gain Respect
5 Simple Ways to Gain Respect
Work

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Oct 11, 2022

Is Malcolm Gladwell Right That Senior Staff Have a Duty to Go Into the Office?

I recently listened to Malcolm Gladwell being interviewed by Dan Harris on his 10 Percent Happier podcast. A main topic was Gladwell’s views on the virtues of collaborative in-person office working compared with remote working. In case you don’t know who Malcolm Gladwell is, he is the author of six…

Work

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Is Malcolm Gladwell Right That Senior Staff Have a Duty to Go Into the Office?
Is Malcolm Gladwell Right That Senior Staff Have a Duty to Go Into the Office?
Work

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Oct 9, 2022

Time is all we really have, so don’t waste it right?

I will turn 50 in March 2023. I don’t feel as though I’m entering my 6th decade on the planet. What is 50 supposed to “feel” like these days anyway? My father died suddenly aged 54, so it’s a sobering thought that I’ll soon outlive him. We used to say…

Productivity

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Time is all we really have, so don’t waste it right?
Time is all we really have, so don’t waste it right?
Productivity

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Oct 2, 2022

How to Remain Relevant in Your Later Career

I’ve been working for the same large corporate for almost 20 years. I consider this a major achievement as life in a big company is far from easy. In fact, I’ve lost count of the number of times that I’ve wanted to quit. My problem, like many others in my…

Life Lessons

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How to Remain Relevant in Your Later Career
How to Remain Relevant in Your Later Career
Life Lessons

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Aug 7, 2022

Being a Leader is All About How You Make People Feel

We all know the quote from Maya Angelou that my daughter has on her wall. I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. I’ve witnessed many leaders underestimate this truth over the many…

Life Lessons

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Being a Leader is All About How You Make People Feel
Being a Leader is All About How You Make People Feel
Life Lessons

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Aug 3, 2022

The 5 Signs You Should Quit Your Job

How can we know for sure that we are making the right decision when it comes to major life events? Choosing the your dream house, getting married and whether to have the American hot or the veggie volcano pizza? Your career path is in many ways even harder to navigate…

Inspiration

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The 5 Signs You Should Quit Your Job
The 5 Signs You Should Quit Your Job
Inspiration

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Dianne Sullivan

Dianne Sullivan

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Obsessed with personal growth, personal finance & running. Figuring out my path to financial independence. thegrowthwriter.com

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