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Do you have trouble focusing on work, or do you tend to procrastinate? Do you find yourself easily distracted? Do you like gamification? Then the Pomodoro technique will help you get more work done and more focused because you are dedicating yourself to a special work/break pattern where you get more things done. What is the pomodoro technique? The Pomodoro technique is a powerful time management tool invented by Francesco Cirillo. The main goal is to break down projects and tasks into short work sprints lasting for 25 minutes. How it works First, you need to create and prioritize a…
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Nowadays, it’s hard to focus on the important things. You’re constantly distracted by social media notifications, advertising, video games. There’s just too much that craves for your attention. But you have certain obligations in your job and in your private life that you want to fulfil. Why is it so easy to get distracted? The short satisfaction is simply faster to achieve with social media, Netflix or gaming. Here, you simply experience a faster and more fun dopamine release than when you’re ironing your laundry or putting together a product presentation for a management meeting. It’s just more fun. There…
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In the spirit of Bruce Schneier’s “Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people, ” I would like to look at the various attack vectors of social engineering and the defense options suitable for them in this blog post. Psychological and sociological relationships of people take the central role in this type of attack. With the constant technological advancements in information security, it is becoming more and more difficult for cybercriminals to penetrate companies and steal information. For this reason, more and more attacks are targeting the human vector. Social engineering has evolved steadily since the first attempts at trickery, and attackers…
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Increase your productivity with the Eisenhower Principle The Eisenhower principle or matrix is a powerful tool for time, project management, and stress relief. It is very a very simple matrix. There are only four quadrants. IMPORTANT AND URGENT If something is important and urgent, then do it now! Its the necessity, such as real crises, deadline-driven activities, last-minute tasks, true emergencies Reduce that because your time may be externally driven. IMPORTANT BUT NOT URGENT If something is important but not urgent, then plan and schedule it! That should be the focus, so you can manage your precious time. Vision, Mission,…
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How to Tile Windows to left or right screen? Do you also find it annoying that you have to click and hold the green icon (full-screen button) on the window to tile windows to the left or right screen? The Mac OS split-screen feature should be more convenient to handle. You can either install an app for a shortcut or add the shortcut without an app. I recommend that you add the shortcut without an app. Here is how to do that: 1. Open System Preferences. 2. Open Keyboard. 3. Go to Shortcuts. 4. Go to App Shortcuts. 5. Press…
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The first one of the Monterey Productivity hacks is the build in screenshot tool. With CMD ( ⌘ ) + Shift + 3 you immediately get a picture of your whole screen. With CMD ( ⌘ ) + Shift + 4 you are able to choose the frame you want to screenshot. If you are also pressing CTRL down, then the screenshot will be copied into your clipboard and it wont save it on the desktop. I love and use that a lot. With CMD ( ⌘ ) + Shift + 5 you get a frame and more options to…
Mario Rumpf
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