Lifescale : How to Live a More Creative, Productive, and Happy Life.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Realize -- Awaken -- The Path to Distraction: How Did We Get Here? -- The Costs Are Great -- Wastes time, attention, and energy -- Attacks output quality -- Makes you mistake prone -- Hinders intellectual and affective processes -- Causes stress -- Makes you miss out on life -- Affects your memory -- Extinguishes creativity -- Lowers IQ -- Leads to increased distractibility -- Hurts your relationships -- Saps your energy -- Can be dangerous -- May damage your brain -- We Are Culpable in Our Addiction -- We Can Take Our Attention Back -- Refocus -- Procrastinate Procrastination -- Good Morning, Brain -- Single-task as a matter of ritual -- Take a different kind of break -- Work in sprints -- Believe -- Your Creativity Is of Great Value -- Be different -- Rekindle -- Conjuring a Magic Kingdom -- Color Outside the Lines Again: Get Back to the Roots of Your Creativity -- Start asking questions -- Let yourself be silly -- Shift positions from the impossible to seemingly possible -- List three ideas every day -- Find a creative project -- Express yourself in all you do -- Be courageous -- Reconsider -- Value -- From New York to Boston: The Serendipity of Rediscovering the Value of Values -- The value of values -- Defining What Is Right, not What's Right for Right Now -- Reorient -- Introspection about What Not Why -- Silence -- Don't Let the Present Slip Away -- The Art of Now, not Next -- Embrace a beginner's mindset -- Color -- Practice un-self-consciousness -- Pay Attention to Your Breath -- Practice Acceptance -- Slow. it. down -- Go with the flow -- A Simple and Brief Meditation -- Liberate -- Purpose -- Don't Chase Purpose Out There -- Look Within to Appreciate Who You Are and Discover Who You Are Not -- Alright. Alright. Alright. Take Charge of Defining Your Own Sense of Purpose.

Discovering the Purpose of Purpose -- Purpose Is Your North Star -- The Purpose of Life Questions -- Articulate and Picture a Life Worth Living: State Your Purpose and Identify Your Purpose Pillars -- From Purpose Statement to Pillars of Purpose -- My Pillars of Purpose -- 1. Liquidity -- 2. Fatherhood and Marriage -- 3. Health(ier) -- 4. BFF -- 5. Creative -- 6. Connected -- 7. Thankful -- Energize -- Positivity Does Not Mean Denial -- Growing a New Brain -- Make a list of everything you're thankful or grateful for -- Start every day with reciting some positive affirmations -- Use your mindfulness -- The Power of Positive Doing -- A New Way to Sing -- Visualize -- Bring Your Vision to Life in Images -- Lights. Camera. Action. Visualizing Your Vision Onto the Lifescale Screen -- Get Input -- Dive -- Ritualize the Dedication of Time and Space -- Establish a dedicated space -- Establish the Time and Scope of Sessions -- Construct a Creativity Support System -- The Value of not Working Alone -- Ruthlessly Prioritize -- Diving into Flow -- Keep Score to Keep Improving Your Performance -- Conclusion -- The Book that Got Written -- Lifescaling is Your Journey -- Notes -- EULA.

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