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No, I haven’t gotten stuck with my 30 Videos in 30 Days project (thankfully). This video is about some of the thoughts I have on why we tend to get stuck and how we can get unstuck again. It is something of a sequel to my last video (Taking Action in the Information Age), since [...]

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Inspiration vs. Practical Advice

by Shane on November 16, 2009

Photo by elkit 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 [...]

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Flow

by Shane on October 31, 2009

Image by gwylow71 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 [...]

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Building habits is key to personal progress and success. If you manage to continually build new, positive habits that increase your productivity, your skills or your happiness, then you are obviously on a fast track to a wonderful life. But, as you probably know, it can be very challenging to build a new habit up [...]

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