Every physical action has a mental component. As well as “we are what we eat”, we are what we think. Our mental diet is what we do for a job and has a big impact on our wellbeing and health. This comes from job satisfaction. High job satisfaction equates to good positive stress and the […]

I’m a firm believer in goal setting. Establishing an end objective to work toward is a great way to motivate yourself to buckle down and stay focused. But there’s somewhat of a fine line to walk when it comes to establishing goals that are a help instead of a hindrance. Set goals that are too […]

Physical health is so important because our mind resides in our brain and the brain resides in our body. Thus the reason for the saying “healthy body healthy mind”. In today’s world it is not easy to keep our bodies healthy and the reason being all the conflicting information about the food that we need […]

The greatest self limiting factor is our ability visualise something. Mind mapping gives you the intellectual freedom by demonstrating that you can control the nature and development of your thinking processes, and therefore your ability to think creatively is theoretically infinite. Mind-mapping is a visual thinking tool, which you can use for your productivity in […]

When it comes to the success of your business, there are a significant amount of features at play that all need to be considered. For example, is your business up to scratch? Are your finances in order? How about your market research – have you done it? Does it need updating? The list is endless. […]

When a major product is about to launch or your team is scheduled to make an important presentation, it’s easy to ride the wave of deadline-induced adrenaline spikes and push yourself to work every waking moment. But of course that’s not sustainable, and we inevitably crash. So how can you make productivity habitual and lasting? […]

Here at Idealog, we’re all about that sweet, sweet productivity. After all, if you’re reading this, you’re probably a can-do type, so you already know that you’ll never reach your goals/change the world/destroy the earth from space without efficient and effective use of your time. But how are you actually doing in that regard? Sure, […]

Understanding why the high failure rate of Client Relationship Management (CRM) or Enterprise Wide Technology (ERP) deployments. People don’t plan to fail however they do fail to plan in a meaningful way. When we start the planning process we naturally only work with what we know and work towards what we know that we don’t […]

Why is team work so important to our survival and prosperity? No one person is perfect, as we are mixture of strengths which enable us to succeed and weaknesses which can set us up for failure. To protect ourselves from the risk of failure we need to work with other people in a teaming environment. […]

When we are busy or tired our ability to manage our grammar and spelling may be impaired. Outlook 2013 comes to the rescue when the email is read back to you audibly (text to speech) so that your ears may pick up what your eyes do not. To get this functionality working you need to […]