People are buying mouse jiggler devices to fake being busy. That's a leadership failure, not a productivity hack. Explore why the machine metaphor of steady-state output is destroying real work, and why human pace with its natural ebbs and flows is not a flaw to be fixed but a reality to be respected.

Do you ever feel like the day has a mind of its own, slipping out of your grasp and leaving you feeling frazzled and unproductive? Because I never have. 
Kidding, of course! Probably all of us have experienced the frustration of lost control over our day. 
But what if we shifted our perspective and realised that it's not about how we tame the day, but rather about how we relate to it? 

Let’s freshen it up. Here are three counterintuitive tips for dealing with overwhelm that may challenge your assumptions and help you approach the never-ending to-do list in a new way

Overwhelmed clients often ask me for tips and tricks to help them handle the demands on their time and energy.

Stop to think about it, though, and that’s bonkers. How is adding more going to help with overwhelm?