This edition is for you in the ordinary rhythm of a working day: the start of the morning, the pile of decisions, the colleague who tests your patience, the task you keep postponing, and the evening when you want to switch off. Navigate Daily Life celebrates living well one day at a time.
It helps you build small daily practices that steady the day and let it end well. The structure is informed by research on habits, mindfulness, productivity and positive psychology, which shows how small practices add up over time.
Inside is a personalised card deck and an ebook, both carrying your own name on every page. The sections follow the moments of a day, among them Morning Routine, Evening Wind-Down, Managing Daily Stress, Making Decisions, Dealing with Difficult People, Time Management, Procrastination and Gratitude Practice, with themes such as Pause, Start-Small and Just-Begin. Each card shows a theme, an image and a short description on the front, and on the back a curated set of quotes from six wisdom traditions with room for your own handwritten notes. The ebook holds the same wisdom as a flowing book you can read on a tablet or phone, or print and bind.
On WorkSmart4Life you find it on the library shelf under "Life Wisdom: the moments of a working life". I suggest you begin with Morning Routine, the first moment of the day. On each card, read the quotes and choose one that speaks to you today.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, WorkSmart4Life