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Tag: Healthy business

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Spirit

The Ten Minute Meditation for a Loud Week

Ten minutes is the length nobody argues with and almost nobody protects. It is short enough that no honest person […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
A ten minute meditation for a loud week, by Ayse Durmush
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Mind

Strategies From High Performers That Actually Transfer

Most of what gets written about high performers is about their mornings. The routine, the cold water, the hour before […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
High performer strategies that actually transfer, by Ayse Durmush
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Spirit

A Gratitude Practice That Survives a Bad Week

A gratitude practice has a reputation problem, and it has earned most of it. Listing three things you are thankful […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
A gratitude practice that survives a bad week, by Ayse Durmush
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Body

The Energy Audit: Where Your Week Actually Goes

Time audits are common and mostly useless. They tell you where the hours went, which you could have guessed, and […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Auditing where your working week actually goes, by Ayse Durmush
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Body

Why Your Best Ideas Arrive When You Stop Working

The solution arrives in the shower. Or driving. Or on the third mile of a walk you resented starting. Almost […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
Creative rest and how ideas resolve, by Ayse Durmush
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Body

The Two-Hour Rule for Protecting Your Best Thinking

Most owners do not have a time problem. They have a fragmentation problem. Eleven hours at the desk, and not […]

Ayse Durmush · 6 min read
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Body

The Founder’s Sleep Protocol: Why Six Hours Costs More Than It Saves

There is a particular kind of pride in running on very little sleep. It sounds like commitment. It photographs well […]

Ayse Durmush · 9 min read
Sleep deprivation and founder decision quality, by Ayse Durmush
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Spirit

Aligning Your Business With Your Values (Without Losing Your Edge)

Values-alignment is not about being nicer; it is about being coherent. How to find the values you actually run on, audit where the business contradicts them, and close…

Ayse Durmush · 10 min read
Aligning your business values, a compass settling true, by Ayse Durmush
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Body

The Energy Audit: Managing Your Body Like Your Business Depends on It

You are the most heavily-used asset your business owns. Run a two-week energy audit, find your three most expensive leaks, and fix them with the same seriousness as…

Ayse Durmush · 9 min read
The energy audit for business owners, a part-charged battery, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

How to Recover from Founder Burnout: Why Your Self-Care Routine is a Business Asset

In 2015, I woke up paralyzed from the neck down. Doctors said there was no cure. I’d built a 30-year […]

Ayse Durmush · 15 min read
Founder burnout recovery and self-care, a brain outline, by Ayse Durmush
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Business

The Resilience Mindset That Actually Helps Small Business Owners Recover From Setbacks

Resilience isn't a fixed personality trait. New research shows it's a trainable skill, and the small business owners who have it treat setbacks very differently.

Ayse Durmush · 10 min read
The resilience mindset that helps small business owners recover from setbacks, Ayse Durmush
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Business

Redefining Success: What Small Business Owners Actually Mean When They Say They’ve “Made It”

Most small business owners aren't chasing a big exit. New data shows what success actually means to them, and why being findable matters just as much.

Ayse Durmush · 11 min read
What success actually means for small business owners, Ayse Durmush
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Business

How to Meditate for Success

Meditation has a branding problem among business owners. It sounds like something you do instead of working, which is exactly […]

Ayse Durmush · 8 min read
How to meditate for success by Ayse Durmush
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Body

Why scheduling self-care is important

Why scheduling self-care is important In this post: Why scheduling in self-care is important Ways to include self-care into your […]

Ayse Durmush · 7 min read
Why scheduling in self-care is important
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