Hunter Gatherer 21C

How Might You Boost Your Productivity? Don’t do more. Don’t work faster. Apart from the odd crisis the human body/brain is optimised for that rate you occasionally recognise when you are in the zone. Search for that: it’s individual, satisfying and produces great results.

It’s the same three words : don’t give up. The challenging news continues to flow, few seem to know anything factual and winter beckons. But hang onto the powerful timeless mantra : don’t give up. Because you know you and this period has given you an opportunity to understand yourself even more. It’s a time which can be scary, frustrating and certainly stressful. But don’t give up, don’t let anyone spoil your day and take it one step at a time. Grab every bit of freedom you can, help others who need it. Oh, and don’t give up. Ever.

Wellness

M-E-D-S is our core strategy, meditation, exercise, diet and sleep.

M is meditation. Taking some time out. A walk. A book. A classic ‘OM’ meditation. A time of quiet, of solitude, of nature, of planet earth, of gratitude. Certainly a time with minimum distractions and pulls in your synapses.

Regular meditation will support better sleep. Better sleep will allow deeper and more profound meditation.

TBC

Wellness

M-E-D-S is our core strategy, meditation, exercise, diet and sleep.

S is sleep. Sleep debt is a slow but sure debilitator of our best efforts. Don’t accept anything less than a great night’s sleep. Do you need to adjust the room temperature? Less late night screen time? A good book to induce drowsiness? More exercise and meditation during the day? Improved task management to ensure worries don’t bubble to the surface at 3 am? Decide to tackle it. Try serious goal of waking naturally with the alarm only as a back-up; that way you know you have had the prefect amount of sleep.

TBC

Reading and writing is what we do.

I do it; you do it; we do it.

For your sanity, read widely and deeply. For your continued sanity in a crazy world, write.

Write long, write deep. Write for you, write for others.

Don that toga with Michael Wade

How Not to Say, AI Killed my Job.

It is clear that many of us are anxious about the rapid changes Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing to our careers. Some of us have ‘played’ a little with one of the AI applications, and we have read the articles that suggest scenarios from ‘nothing to fear: it’s a joke’ to ‘the end of civilisation as we know it’.

This handbook is about clarity: of the coming revolution and our defence.

Once you have read this companion (and it should take you no longer than 55 minutes) you will (1) be AI literate i.e. you will understand the terms and their implications e.g. Large Language Model (2) understand why this threat to jobs is a serious one and (3) most importantly, you will have seven strategies to help you preserve (or change) your career by using AI’s strengths and exploiting its weaknesses.

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How to Beat ChatGPT.