A Better Way of Working Blog



Tony Schwartz | Focus, Mental Needs | 0 COMMENTS | May 17, 2012
Technology is meant to serve us. Instead it increasingly runs us — and runs us down.Where we put our focus shapes our agenda and defines our experience in every moment. More and more, we're turning over this precious resource to our digital technology, allowing it to define the depth and span of our attention, and to seduce us into operating at such high speeds that we don't notice the insidious toll that's taking.

Tony Schwartz | Life Lessons | 0 COMMENTS | May 3, 2012
Tomorrow is my birthday — always an opportunity for reflection, but especially this time. For several weeks now, I've been thinking about what I've learned during the past six decades that really matters. Here's a first pass:

Tony Schwartz | Mental Needs | 0 COMMENTS | May 1, 2012
Why is it that between 25 and 50 percent of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work?It's not just the number of hours we're working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time.

Tony Schwartz | Awareness, Triggers, Values | 0 COMMENTS | May 1, 2012
Recently, I came across this startling statistic. Each day, we make an average of 217 food-related decisions. Is it any surprise we so often make poor choices about what we eat?

Tony Schwartz | Emotional Needs | 0 COMMENTS | May 1, 2012
It was a tense meeting. I'd gathered our whole team to talk about the fact that we were under very high demand, and people seemed to be fraying at the edges."Is anyone beside me feeling worried you just can't get it all done?" one person began. The floodgates opened. An outpouring of anxiety, distress and complaint followed — much of it aimed at the person in charge, who happened to be me.