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Stoicism | How Marcus Aurelius Keeps Calm

By Marcus Aurelius — 2020

Needless to say, Marcus Aurelius was a busy man, carrying the burden of leadership over an empire, and all the stress that comes from this. His work, Meditations, gives us an idea of how he coped.

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POMODORO TECHNIQUE - My Favorite Tool to Improve Studying and Productivity

The Pomodoro Technique is one of my favorite ways to beat procrastination and maintain productivity and focus. The pomodoro technique utilizes alternating focus and break times of 25 and 5 minutes, respectively.

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2016
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10:22

How Modern Work Pressure Distorts Our Identity | Burnout

In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.

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2019
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08:37

Solving Grand Challenges Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Naveen Jain at TEDxUNPlaza

Naveen Jain is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and technology pioneer.

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2013
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03:28

Actor explains the Importance of Focus in the Acting Industry

Actor Craig Frank explains the importance of focus within our work. Craig shares a story of an audition early on. He attributes the terrible audition to being focused on the pressure, rather than his objectives as the character. Craig teaches us that focus can be both positive and negative.

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2016
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10:14

An Actor's CONCENTRATION - Acting Tips with David Strasberg

Send us your questions for David Strasberg and we will answer some of them in an upcoming video.

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2019
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15:14

The Art of Focus—A Crucial Ability | Christina Bengtsson | TEDxGöteborg

How do you bring out the best in yourself? According to Christina Bengtsson—Swedish world champion in precision shooting—the answer lies in the word “focus.” It is a phenomenon she has spent her whole career exploring and she warns us that part of the next generation may not possess this ability.

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2017
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10:24

Kelvin Doe at TEDxTeen

15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters.

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2013
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08:41

How I Learned to Focus with ADD

In this video, I share the ways in which I have refined my focus over the past few years to get the most out of the hours I dedicate to drawing. From the Pomodoro technique, to sleep, hygiene, exercise, diet and mindfulness, I hope there is something for everyone.

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2019
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10:50

Focus on the things that ACTUALLY MATTER // Advice for Creatives

"Hey Tom, have you noticed the drop in instagram engagement lately? I've been trying to grow my account and none of my posts seem to be going anywhere" I get asked pretty much daily about my opinions on the algorithm, how to grow on instagram, what I think of X and how I can help someone with Y.

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2020
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How Simple Systems Can Unlock Your Writing Productivity, Interview with Kari Roberts

It's so hard to find time to do all the things a writer is supposed to do these days. If only we had a way to simple way to make space for creativity—if only we could be more productive as writers.

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2021
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