In the ’80s, the Italian journalist and author Tiziano Terzani, after many years of reporting across Asia, holed himself up in a cabin in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. “For a month I had no one to talk to except my dog Baoli,” he wrote in his travelogue A Fortune Teller Told Me. Terzani passed the time with books, observing nature, “listening to the winds in the trees, watching butterflies, enjoying silence.”
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The Two Things Killing Your Ability to Focus
Executive Summary Managers and employees increasingly find themselves stumbling through the workday bombarded by distractions from every direction. Constant updates from digital devices and constant meetings are the main culprits of personal distraction in the workplace. These issues need to be reined in by business leaders if productivity and employee well-being is a priority. The author provides five daily practices to help employees carve out more time for themselves in
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6 Habits of Super Learners
Becoming a super learner is one of the most important skills you need to succeed in the 21st century. In the age technological change, staying ahead depends on continual self-education — a lifelong mastery of new models, skills and ideas. In a world that’s changing fast, the ability to learn a new skill as fast as possible is quickly becoming a necessity. The good news is, you don’t need a