Let’s get past procrastination by addressing emotional and cognitive overload

Pro­cras­ti­na­tion is a com­mon strug­gle many lead­ers and work­ers face, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the con­text of mod­ern, men­tal­ly demand­ing jobs. But what is the under­ly­ing cause, and how can we bet­ter under­stand it and effec­tive­ly address it? Pro­cras­ti­na­tion, defined as “the act of unnec­es­sar­i­ly and vol­un­tar­i­ly delay­ing or post­pon­ing some­thing despite know­ing that there could be…

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Protect Your Asset by Being Your Own Brain Fitness Coach

Last week I had the good for­tune of spend­ing four days in Nue­vo Val­lar­ta, Mex­i­co, with over 300 amaz­ing indi­vid­u­als from 40+ coun­tries who had been named Young Glob­al Lead­ers by the World Eco­nom­ic Forum. The sum­mit agen­da was insight­ful and inspir­ing, con­ver­sa­tions with oth­er par­tic­i­pants always proved to be eye-open­ing and stim­u­lat­ing, and the…

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