Robert Mack, author of Love from the Inside Out and Happiness from the Inside Out, proposes that we take a lazy (efficient) intelligent approach to living and working. The question he explores is "How can we achieve, acquire, and experience more of what we want with less time and energy?" One secret is feeling the internal sunshine of a spotless mind, not driven by worry and external expectations. For more, join Robert and Ilene Schaffer here.

Research Senia did on incremental improvement versus taking big steps * Group 1 worked on job search 15 minutes per day * Group 2 worked on job search for 3 hours at a time Group 1 got more done and better results. Start small and build your base. This episode is part of the cello series and the work remotely series. For more in the work remotely series, see https://mycoach.zone

What single question could help you see a path through the jumble?

Three tools to help you be your best self between now and year end: 1) What if? Imagining that you are already the person you want to be. 2) Game changer (Ilene Schaffer) — https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-transform-2020-25-minutes-ilene-schaffer-senia-maymin/ 3) Feedforward (Marshal Goldsmith) — https://www.marshallgoldsmith.com/articles/1438/ For more videos in this series, see https://mycoach.zone

Use WAIT as an acronym: * W is for Walk, look around, observe * A is for Aimlessly think. Daydream! * I is for Important: Look at your priorities. * T is for Tie your shoes. Regroup. Self-care. For more videos in this series, visit https://mycoach.zone/workremote

A queen can move many different ways. A knight has only one type of move. Sometimes it may be the right thing to focus on just one type of move. For more videos in this series, see https://mycoach.zone/

What are the signs that you need to walk away? * What are you still tolerating? * What leaves you exhausted? * What is overtaking your thoughts? How? Choose between… * Pull the bandaid off * More gradually.. For more videos in this series, visit https://mycoach.zone/workremote

Plan your career so that it is more like a runway than a rollercoaster: How do I do more of what I want to do and less of what I don't want to do? Go beyond geography, industry, role. Each question is important now and in the future: * What? Tom Rath's book: Life's Great Question – https://amzn.to/35SnnFj * Whom? Whom would you like to work with? Lumpers or Slicers? * How? Remotely? In groups or by self? For more videos in this series, check out https://mycoach.zone/workremote

Questions come from the Silicon Valley Change card deck, What if it were easy? *What do you most want to figure out today? (1:45) * What is the problem you want to solve? (2:13) * What could you do that could take you one step closer to your goal? (2:30) * If your life were unfolding exactly as it should, how would you think and act? (2:55) * What have you learned about yourself, your situation, and the action you can take? (3:22) For more videos in this series, visit https://mycoach.zone/workremote

Only 2% of people are good at multi-tasking. For the rest of us, switching between tasks can reduce productivity by up to 40%. To be more productive using this strategy: 1) Set up batch categories of work: categories where you can keep working without flip-flop costs. 2) Schedule blocks of time in which you focus on one category only. 3) Identify your most productive time of the day or week. Use it for your deepest, most creative work. View Senia's bio at https://svchange.com/senia Watch all the videos in this series at https://mycoach.zone/workremote

All My Questions Answered with Senia Maymin and Brian Branagan. Here are the questions that came up today: 1. Right now, there are a lot of things going on in the world, and I'm not sure what to do. What should I do to start understanding what actions I should take? 2. You recently had a talk about small habits that people can build at this time that will sustain them even beyond the coronavirus time. How do I even get started with my first small habit? Visit Brian's bio at https://svchange.com/Brian See more Work Remote Strategy videos at https://mycoach.com/WorkRemote

Senia Maymin talked about a technique for dealing with priorities in several different spheres of life at once. She calls it High-Five Prioritizing. Every morning and/or every evening, ask yourself 5 quick questions to make sure you are on track. First figure out what your five top areas are. Right now, Senia's are exercise, family, work, big projects, and keeping the house going. Before COVID-19, her fifth was writing children's books, but that has to take a backseat for now.. She asks herself morning and evening: 1. How satisfied am I on a scale of 0 to 10 with each area? 2. What can I do to improve my scores? To see more Work Remote videos, click https://mycoach.zone/WorkRemote To view Senia’s bio, click https://svchange.com/Senia