10 Distraction-Free Days – Verdict

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My 10 Distraction-Free Days experiment has come to a close and in this post, I want to share the very interesting experiences I had with it. Let me say right to begin with: The experiment didn’t go as I had imagined it would. What it did do, however, was open my [...]

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30 Videos in 30 Days – More About This Challenge

Today’s video is the second in my 30 Videos in 30 Days challenge. I explain some of my goals for this challenge and tell you a little something about myself and my weird accent.
Watch the video and see some of my comments on it:

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30 Videos in 30 Days – New Challenge

For some reason, the idea to challenge myself to making 30 videos in 30 days popped into my head. At first I thought I should wait until “later” with it. At least, until I am finished with my 10 distraction free days challenge. I decided against waiting, however and you can see my first video [...]

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Clip of the Week #02 – How Tribes Can Change Everything

This weeks Clip of the Week (CoW, I guess) is a speech by Seth Godin. He talks about some concepts also discussed in his newest book, Tribes. He talks about how a single person can seed change and make it a reality. I believe that this talk is especially relevant to many bloggers, because a [...]

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10 Distraction-Free Days – Part 1

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I have a lot on my plate, right now. So much, in fact, that I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed these past few days and I found myself wasting time more often than not. To give my productivity a boost, I’m starting a simple 10-day challenge. In this first post, I [...]

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Inspiration vs. Practical Advice

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The productivity/self-help corner of the blogosphere, that Explorative Approach is a small part of, contains many, many inspiring posts. You can find any number of articles providing motivating and uplifting stories, clever analogies and a “you can do it!” message. What I don’t find nearly as often as inspiring posts are posts containing [...]

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Clip of the Week #01 – Learning and Creativity

I’ve decided to post some of my favourite videos from all over the net in a weekly feature.
To start off, here’s a great TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson on how our education system is killing creativity. Try not to get distracted by Sir Ken’s many witty comments, because the core message is a very [...]

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Procrastination, Part 3 – Beat It! (With Science)

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In my first two posts about procrastination, I suggested a simple reframe and one unusual method that can help you become more aware of your procrastination habits. Even just this awareness can be a great help in overcoming procrastination. In part three of the series, I look at some of the research [...]

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Flow

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi – what looks like  the result of me randomly banging my forehead against the keyboard is actually the name of an academic who is one of the pioneers of positive psychology. He coined the term “flow” as a particular state of mind and concentration, sometimes also referred to as “optimal experience”. [...]

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90 Minutes – If You Have Only One Good Habit, Let it Be This

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I believe that good habit-building is very central to personal progress, productivity and self-improvement of almost any kind. In this post, I explain the most essential, basic and important habit in my life – the habit I simply refer to as “90 minutes”.

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