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The Party Isn’t in Your Pocket

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

“’Cause if you came here to party Then why you lookin’ down at your phone?” Pop culture says it best: our...

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Baseline Noise

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Social media feels like a room where everyone’s shouting louder just to be heard.  The noise drowns out real dialogue...

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The Long Lunch

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

We used to take long lunches. Now we take calls while we chew. We can reclaim that time. Rest is not a luxury.  It’s ...

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 I want to f**K my computer

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Australian DJ Ninajirachi’s track “F**k My Computer” isn’t just catchy — it’s true. Tech knows us sometimes better th...

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The Wealth We’re Spending Without Noticing

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

In an always-on world, technology quietly consumes our most valuable asset: time.  And when time is gone, so are the ...

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It’s Not What You Consume — It’s How

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

How quickly do you eat chocolate? Most of us consume it quickly. Absentmindedly. On the run. In the everyday busyness...

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The Irreplaceable Cost of Busyness

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

You can rebuild a business.You can recover from financial setbacks. But you can’t get back the bedtime story you miss...

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Death Is What Gives Time Meaning

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Humans have chased immortality for thousands of years. From myths of ghosts, vampires, and zombies—to today’s billion...

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The Case for a Weekly Reset

By David Werdiger | 1 min read

Annual leave looks different everywhere—some get four weeks in summer, others spread it out. If you had the choice, w...

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Productivity culture runs like a hamster wheel. It just keeps running, at the same pace, going nowhere.

Do you manage your time like a hamster wheel or do you put a training program in place and find time to rest?

There's a scene in "Mad Men" where Don Draper is asked what he thought about Hawaii, and instead of talking about beaches, he talks about becoming someone else. Not a version of himself with better tan lines and a Mai Tai. A different person. One who, for a few days, didn't miss

I recently took one of the best holidays of my life, and I never left the resort.

Turns out the destination is beside the point. What you're actually chasing is a change of pace, and if your holiday runs on the same schedule as your working week, you've just moved the treadmill

We have strategies for our careers, our finance, our help.

Pleased to announce a program to help answer an important question: “what’s your strategy for your time?”

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