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Humans Need Not Apply

Humans Need Not Apply

This blog is part of our Total Life Optimisation series that explores productivity, nutrition, futurism and all other topics around effective living. In a time long forgotten, the streets of our city were filled with horses. We used them to move around our goods. They were...

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Challenging Your Work Habits

This blog is part of our Total Life Optimisation series that explores productivity, nutrition, futurism and all other topics around effective living. What if I told you that you are living most of your life on autopilot? Would that scare you, amaze you, surprise you? Or...

The Quantified Self: Useful or Not?

Today (its 9.45am) I've taken 1913 steps. At 6.32 I was fully awake and I've slept for almost 6 hours (I know, not enough). It's Thursday and I'm at 4 out of 5 days of weekly exercise already. My resting heart rate is 60 bpm,...

Deep Work

Deep Work and Why It Matters

*bleep* it's your phone again, letting you know that your friends in a Whatsapp group have something to say. *bleep* it's another email from a colleague. *bleep* it's the first time in a while that John has posted on Instagram, wanna take a look? Today we...

Why sleeping isn’t overrated

On an average base, we sleep 32 years of our lives. That's around and around one-third of our lifetime. This might sound like an unnecessarily amount of time, but it's definitely not a waste of time.  On the contrary, having too little sleep will decrease your productivity....

5 ways to boost your mind with exercising

A lot of people exercise to become fitter, lose weight or strengthen their muscles. But do you know that working your body's muscles also actually benefits your grey matter? This overview might help you choose the best ways of exercising to optimise your mind for specific...

5 Reasons Guarana Rocks

5 Reasons Why Guarana Rocks

Guarana is the cool new kid on the block, the unknown brother of caffeine, who is ready to take over the spotlight. You may ask why? It's because guarana is caffeine with a positive effect on learning and cognition. And it's just as natural as...

Doing Less, Lets You Achieve More

"Achieving more by doing less" sounds the same to me as "getting rich while sleeping". It seems like it allows you to have the perfect working life. For me, and several other people on this earth, achieving more by doing less seems to be out...

Caffeine – The Worlds Favourite Drug

I felt like I could take on the whole world. When I left my apartment I was ready to rumble. A quick ride to the gym ensued and minutes later I was lifting heavier weights than ever before. The workout was glorious and a HIIT-training...

How to stick to your New Year’s Resolutions

We wrote about it last year and it hasn't changed in the meantime: Only 8% of people are successful in achieving their New Year's Resolutions. But if you are like the majority, you might be thinking about making New Year's Resolutions yourself (again and again)....