We turn our clocks ahead tonight, thereby “losing” an hour, as we spring forward into Daylight Saving Time. What great things do you plan to achieve?
Tag: Productivity
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Deadline Looming Tips for Crushing It
Up against deadline.
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Deadline Driven Saying No
Pressed as I am today by deadlines and obligations, my answer to all questions shall be…
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Focus Like Mahler Build a Composing Hut
Have a hard time focusing? Can’t seem to get your work done? Get yourself a composing hut!
Grieg had one. Mahler had several. Perhaps niftiest of all, George Bernard Shaw had a writer’s hut, which he could rotate with the sun.
Yessiree. Get yourself a hut.
Also, stay off the internet.
Happy birthday, Gustav Mahler! Thank you for your productivity.
Here’s a private video tour of Mahler’s Komponierhäuschen in Toblach, where he composed his 9th Symphony:
And Leonard Bernstein conducting the 9th:
PHOTOS: Huts belonging to Grieg (red), Shaw (pictured), and two used by Mahler
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