While the Deliberate Diligence Lifestyle Blueprint describes 10 levels of fulfilment and how to achieve them, this blog category is about general life principles and values that apply to all levels, regardless of what your goals are and what you want to achieve. These characteristics and attitudes unite all followers of the Deliberate Diligence Lifestyle Blueprint. It's a lot about opinions and philosophy on how to live a good life.
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Discover the Japanese concept of Ikigai and learn how to find your life's purpose through this in-depth article on aligning inner values, passions, and skills for a fulfilling life.
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Looking to boost productivity and work more dynamically? Consider using ad hoc timers for a more flexible and effective workday. Learn about the benefits of this time management technique and follow my step-by-step guide to get started.
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Engaging in concurrent exercise and mental tasks enhances focus, in contrast to multitasking solely with cognitive endeavours, which leads to distraction. In this article, I suggest scheduling meetings and other mental tasks during time spent moving to extend your day by several hours.
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Simplifying your life can help reduce decision fatigue and increase productivity. Learn how to minimize possessions, streamline systems, and simplify communication. Reduce the number of decisions to create mental space. Find tips and strategies for embracing simplicity and revolutionizing your life.
Level 7: Cultivate Meaningful Connections
We tend to blame ourselves when others behave strangely or ignore us. But often, their behaviour has nothing to do with us. Empathy can help us avoid conflicts and improve relationships.
Level 7: Cultivate Meaningful Connections
In this blog post, the author discusses the "beauty trap" and how biases towards those considered beautiful can lead to bad decisions. The author shares their experience with the beauty trap and offers tips on recognising and overcoming biases to make more mindful and fair decisions.
Level 9: Pursue Your Passions
Inspiration is a powerful force that can drive us to do great things. It can motivate us to push ourselves beyond our limits and achieve things we never thought possible. But as powerful as it is, inspiration is also fragile and fleeting. It can come and go instantly, leaving us
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Your progress and growth over a year will be remarkable if you strive to improve daily. "Most people underestimate what they can do in a year, and overestimate what they can do in a day" The broken windows theory suggests that if minor crimes and disorders are not addressed, people
Level 3: Master Your Mornings
When you enter your flow state, you are in the productivity zone. You are entirely focused at that moment on the task at hand. Time seems to stand still, and you completely control your attention. You can do things that you never thought possible. In positive psychology, a flow state,
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Getting caught up in the dopamine high that comes with working hard and achieving our goals can be easy. But what happens when we push too hard and experience dopamine burnout? Here are some easy tips to avoid dopamine burnout: 1. Take breaks often. It’s essential to take breaks
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I have a strange mindset of inertia in my head. I don't know precisely why it is there, but it comes from my youth: I think intuitively that my default state is to lie all day doing nothing and just be. I believe that only then can I be truly
Level 3: Master Your Mornings
I desire to find THE ONE routine that is so good that I can do it all my life. Same with note-taking and task management setups or exercise routines. My wish would be, for example, to keep my Daily Note every day in the same way (planning, execution and reflection)
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It's a Hell Yes! or a Hell No! is a catchphrase that emerged from the Tim Ferris podcast with Derek Sivers in 2015. The quote immediately stuck with me, and I took it into my set of core principles. Whenever there are tough decisions to be made, it triggers me
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I love this quote and have it set up as a daily reminder in my productivity mindset. But what does it mean in practice, and why is it true? How does the consideration of this manifest itself in everyday life? I want to try to answer these questions in this
Level 7: Cultivate Meaningful Connections
It has to be said that we are quite a self-absorbed society. In the western world, we are raised with the attitude that anyone can achieve anything and everyone deserves the best. This manifests in various areas of life, like home, lifestyle, profession, romance, and relationships. In this sense, this
Level 4: Supercharge Your Health
Deliberate-Diligence.com is your blog for a productivity-driven lifestyle. One thing common to all Deliberate Diligencists is that at any given time, there are plans to optimize themselves. For me, anyway, it is. I can't remember a time since my youth when I didn't want to change something about myself.