A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. This is one of those common sense phrases and overused cliches. For others, however, it can mean a million dollar business or a life attitude which helps the person to see connections that others can’t. The second type of such a person was definitely Eliyahu...
People living in western cultures believe, that if you set big goals, you must try hard to achieve them. Unlike eastern cultures, they have a belief that trying hard means doing drastic changes by taking big quantitative leaps. Japanese attitude represented by Kaizen philosophy resembles more still water or calm wind. At a first...
„Zen aims to simplify the mind. To exclude any concepts. Beginner’s mind has too many options. Master’s mind just knows.“ In Japan, archery is not only a sport where hitting the targets is the main purpose. Archery is also meant to train the mind. If one really wants to master the art of archery,...
Every one of us has the same 24 hours in a day for all their activities. How you structure your day, the things you do and what you consider important all lead to life you live, whichever way it is. There is a 4 cycle principle that says that in order to live a...
Clevork productivity cookbook is here with yet another recipe for your tasty day at work. This time with Pomodoro – famous Italian time management method. Portion: For one person. Category: Easy recipe. Preparation time: 15 min. Cooking time: 25 min periods followed by 5 min breaks Ingredients: Preparation – optional: 1 pencil and paper or an app for to-do lists Cooking: 1 kitchen timer...
Clevork productivity cookbook is here to teach you the most common time management techniques. We’ve decided to go through the most famous methods and life hacks, simplify them to the greatest extent possible and give them to real people of our modern age (people too busy and tired of rubbish) for testing themselves. Each...
According to several researches different work space can help you to be either productive or creative (but not really both at same time). Creative tasks like writing or design require different types of thinking than solving problems or doing repetitive tasks and one mindset often blocks the second one. Our info-graphics shows how the...
All living things, from bacteria, plants, animals to humans have their own biological cycle that oscillates around a 24 hour long period. It drives biological activities like ageing, metabolism, sleeping, hormone production, brain activity or cell regeneration. This 24 hour cycle is called the Circadian cycle and the science behind it can prove very...
In the 1950’s there was a major psychological study which lasted 8 and half years, performed by two american cardiologists Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman. They studied if there’s a correlation between how people behave in their workplace and an increased risk of coronary heart disease. From the findings they described two contrasting...
When Marek Ondrejcak heard the news that Slovak Army would like to buy some new Black Hawks he had a temptation to return to his previous profession for a while. In the past he worked as a pilot of military helicopters and this passion still holds him. Maybe he would if he already wasn’t...
