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Eugene Scheepers

📍 Cape Town

The case for tracking time spent doing "Deep Work"

We have all been there. We are working and lose track of time, lose ourselves in what we are doing and once we come out of this whirlpool of inspiration we know - I’ve made progress. We call it many things: * Deep work * Flow state * Being creative * Getting things

Maybe we should start paying people to think?

Hands up if you have ever been told: “You are not paid to think, you’re paid to do!” It’s never wise for the owner of a business or any leader in a business to ever dismiss an employee’s idea - based on their position in the company.

Is there a secret sauce to achieve job happiness?

Take some time and reflect on the last 5 conversations you had with friends about their jobs. I would take a bet that in 80% of those conversations - the friend was unhappy with their current job. The most common answers people give to why they are unhappy with their

Short Workout > No Workout

Just a quick preamble. I am not writing this post because I have been highly dedicated to working out lately. I’d rather say I am writing it to convince myself to get back into it. My training background A few years ago I was very into powerlifting. Obsessively so.

Daily Frog Productivity System: Doing more, by doing less

Imagine this. You have to eat one frog every single day of your life. If reading that made you gag, then I think this post will probably be memorable to you. In my experience you get two approaches to productivity: 1. Some of us make lists 2. And some of

How to generate great ideas - the answer is more; not less.

We often hear that there is nothing like a “bad question” - but I would like to make the same case for “bad ideas”. ”Hi, my name is Eugene and I am an A-Type personality.” If you are an A-type personality like me, you could find it difficult to generate

Imposter Syndrome: Drug Dealing, Bank Robberies and Small Talk

I mentioned briefly in a previous post that I am often faced with the question of “So what do you do for a living?” at social gatherings. It’s always quite difficult for me to answer this question and I often start by stating that I studied to be a

My TOP 10 Books

This post is going to be a bit different. I believe reading is essential for living a fulfilled life. Because I feel so strongly about this, I often rant about it to people, which is why I am putting together this Top 10 list. So I can send it to

The truth about being an entrepreneur that no one tells you.

The longer I am an entrepreneur, the more difficult it becomes to tell people what I do. Inevitably the “So what do you do?” question does come around. I have tried some interesting answers in the past. * “I rob banks.” * “I am unemployed.” * “Haha - it’s actually a funny

Should I start working immediately after graduating?

First School , then University , then Working… Right? Anybody? The progression above is kind of the accepted way of doing things. Complete your schooling years and try and get into university. During your time at university, you have the time of your life, dream your biggest dreams, and maybe meet the