NOTES AND REFERENCES

Chapter 1

1.   TED, 2009. Simon Sinek: ‘How great leaders inspire action’. Available at: www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

2.   Psychology Today, 2013. ‘The science behind the joy of sharing joy’. Available at: www.psychologytoday.com/blog/feeling-it/201307/the-science-behind-the-joy-sharing-joy

3.   Ibid.

4.   Steven Furtick, 2011. Speaking at the ‘Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit’.

5.   Lencioni, P., 2012. The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, CA.

Chapter 2

1.   Go lightly. Available at: www.golightly.fi

2.   Allen, D., 2015. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity. Piatkus: London.

3.   Covey, S., 2004. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. Simon & Schuster: London.

4.   Allcott, G., 2014. How to be a Productivity Ninja: Worry Less, Achieve More and Love What You Do. Icon Books: London.

5.   Hope, K., 2015. ‘Top bosses reveal their secrets for getting things done’, BBC News. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31482986

6.   Danziger, P., Levav, J. and Avnaim-Pesso, L., 2011. ‘Extraneous factors in judicial decisions’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Available at: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/17/6889

Chapter 3

1.   Urban, T., ‘Why Procrastinators Procrastinate’, Wait But Why. Available at: http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html

2.   The Pomodoro Technique. Available at: http://pomodorotechnique.com

3.   Tracy, B., 2007. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time. Berrett-Koehler Publishers: Oakland, CA.

4.   Irresistible Living. Available at: www.jenniehk.com

5.   Routledge, H., ‘How game thinking can boost your productivity!’ Available at: http://grace-marshall.com/how-game-thinking-can-boost-your-productivity/

6.   Warrell, M., 2014. ‘Afraid of being “found out”? How to overcome imposter syndrome’. Available at: www.forbes.com/sites/margiewarrell/2014/04/03/impostor-syndrome/

7.   McGuinness, M. ‘Start small: why tinkerers get things done’, 99U. Available at: http://99u.com/articles/19139/start-small-why-tinkerers-get-things-done

8.   Forster, M., 2006. Do it Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management. Hodder & Stoughton: London, p. 170.

9.   Paraphrased from a talk by Erwin McManus, author of The Artisan Soul. HarperOne: London.

Chapter 4

1.   Pidgeon, E., 2014. ‘The economic impact of bad meetings’, TED. Available at: http://ideas.ted.com/the-economic-impact-of-bad-meetings/.

2.   Grady, D., 2013. ‘How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings’, TED. Available at: www.ted.com/talks/david_grady_how_to_save_the_world_or_at_least_yourself_from_bad_meetings

3.   Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? Olympic-winning strategies for business success. Available at: www.willitmaketheboatgofaster.com

4.   American Psychological Association, 2010. ‘Stress in America Findings’. Available at: www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2010/national-report.pdf

5.   Koven, S., 2013. ‘Busy is the new sick’, In Practice. Available at: www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/blog/inpractice/2013/07/busy_is_the_new_sick.html

6.   Cambridge Dictionaries Online, definitions of ‘faff about/around’. Available at: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/faff-about-around

Chapter 5

1.   The Sean Blog, 2011. ‘Leave me alone!!! (using Lync to NOT communicate)’. Available at: http://blogs.technet.com/b/seanearp/archive/2011/09/06/leave-me-alone-using-lync-to-not-communicate.aspx

2.   Dr Penny Pullan is founder of Making Projects Work Ltd, which focuses on solutions to make projects and programmes work. Available at: http://makingprojectswork.co.uk

3.   Dr Henry Cloud is a clinical psychologist, acclaimed leadership expert and best-selling author. Available at: http://drcloud.com.

4.   ‘Margin’ series, LifeChurch.tv. Available at: www.lifechurch.tv/message-archive/watch/margin/2/message/low-res

Chapter 6

1.   Silk, D., Loving Our Kids On Purpose. Available at: http://www.lovingonpurpose.com/parenting/.

2.   Saunders, E. G., ‘Setting Boundaries & Saying No… Nicely’. Available at: http://99u.com/articles/7076/setting-boundaries-saying-no-nicely.

3.   Hyatt, M., ‘Using email templates to say “no” with grace’. Available at: http://michaelhyatt.com/using-email-templates-to-say-“no”-with-grace.html.

Chapter 7

1.   Cantwell, M., 2013. Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9–5, Create a Life You Love and Still Pay the Bills. Kogan Page: London. www.beafreerangehuman.com

2.   Bradberry, T., 2015. ‘Sleep Deprivation is Killing You and Your Career’, research from Division of Sleep Medicine at the Harvard Medical School. Available at: www.inc.com/travis-bradberry/sleep-deprivation-is-killing-you-and-your-career.html

3.   Gallagher, J., 2014. ‘“Arrogance” of ignoring need for sleep’, BBC News. Available at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27286872

4.   Rock, L. and McVeigh, T. (eds.) ‘It’s time to stop this competitive sleep deprivation’, The Guardian. Available at: www.theguardian.com/theobserver/she-said/2014/may/16/its-time-to-stop-this-competitive-sleep-deprivation

5.   Widrich, L., 2012. ‘How Your Productivity Is Determined by What You Eat’, Buffer. Available at: https://blog.bufferapp.com/the-science-behind-how-your-nutrition-will-decide-your-productivity-for-today.

6.   John Ratey, M.D. Available at: www.johnratey.com

Chapter 8

1.   Arnett, G., 2013. ‘Who works the most hours – MPs or teachers?’, The Guardian. Available at: www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/apr/23/who-works-most-teachers-or-mps

2.   Pink, D. H., 2010. ‘Netflix lets it staff take as much holiday as they want whenever they want and it works’, The Telegraph. Available at: www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/7945719/Netflix-lets-its-staff-take-as-much-holiday-as-they-want-whenever-they-want-and-it-works.html

3.   Branson, R. ‘Why we’re letting Virgin staff take as much holiday as they want’, Virgin. Available at: www.virgin.com/richard-branson/why-were-letting-virgin-staff-take-as-much-holiday-as-they-want

4.   Aha! Academy of High Achievers. Available at: www.aha-success.co.uk.

5.   Bateson, K. ‘Ready, steady, power pose!’, Productive Magazine! Available at: http://productivemag.com/28/ready-steady-power-pose#

6.   Dr Rob Archer, The Career Psychologist, www.thecareerpsychologist.com

Chapter 9

1.   Rudd, M., Vohs, K. D. and Aaker, J., 2012. ‘Awe Expands People’s Perception of Time, Alters Decision Making, and Enhances Well-Being’, Psychological Science, 23(10), pp. 1130–1136.

2.   Ibid.

3.   Greenberg, S., 2012. ‘Jennifer Aaker: How to Feel Like You Have More Time’, Stanford Business. Available at: www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/jennifer-aaker-how-feel-you-have-more-time

4.   Rudd, M., Vohs, K. D. and Aaker, J., 2012. ‘Awe Expands People’s Perception of Time, Alters Decision Making, and Enhances Well-Being’, Psychological Science, 23(10), pp. 1130–1136.

5.   Ibid.

6.   McGonigal, K., 2013. ‘How to make stress your friend’, TED Global. Available at: www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?

Chapter 10

1.   American Psychological Association, 2006. ‘Multitasking: switching costs.’ Available at: www.apa.org/research/action/multitask.aspx

2.   Slaughter, A.-M., 2013. ‘Can we all “have it all”?’, TED Global. Available at: www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all

3.   Blazoned, M., 2014. ‘The Default Parent’, Huffington Post. Available at: www.huffingtonpost.com/m-blazoned/the-default-parent_b_6031128.html