To open this edition of The Spread, I couldn’t come up with something catchier than House Stark’s motto: "Winter is coming". And with Winter not only do we have the festivities around the corner, but also the need to make time to prep for business closures, get our shopping done, celebrate with our loved ones, and so on. On top of it, the weather is getting darker, which can affect the motivation to make time for all the pending tasks.  

To tackle this killer combo of busy times and cold, we want to highlight the work of wellness and workplace expert and author Liggy Webb. Her bite-sized books on multiple lifestyle and workplace topics include a succinct list of tips for effective time management and ways to prioritise your health and wellbeing during the Winter months.  

If you’d like to check more of Liggy’s work, you can find her books and e-learning on her website, as well as on the Cornerstone Content Anytime catalogue. 

The Importance of Time Management 

The first step to manage time successfully is to see its true value. In these articles, Liggy Webb shows us how to make the most of our time through different techniques. 

How to value and manage time In the fast-paced modern world, effective time management is more important than ever before. Liggy Webb shares her expertise.
Six ways to manage your time well Great time management is essential if you want to handle a heavy life load, without experiencing unhealthy stress. Learning how to manage your time will give you more confidence and direction, when you have too much going on. It will also help you to feel calmer, more in control and ultimately less stressed.

Can Machines Teach Us How to Manage Time? 

If you ever thought a computer can manage time perfectly, you might be wrong. Even machines can procrastinate if they have to! Check out this video by TED and learn how we can learn from the way machines work how to effectively manage our tasks and thus our time. 

How to manage your time more effectively (according to machines) Human beings and computers alike share the challenge of how to get as much done as possible in a limited time. Over the last fifty or so years, computer scientists have learned a lot of good strategies for managing time effectively — and they have a lot of experience with what can go wrong. Brian Christian shares how we can use some of these insights to help make the most of our own lives.

To Multitask or to Not Multitask?  

One of the greatest misconceptions about multitasking is that it is essential for managing your time. Check out this video by the BBC explaining whether the human brain is actually capable to multitask. 

What multitasking does to your brain In life, there is always so much to do... but is multitasking the answer? Can we really multitask? Here's what goes on in our brains when we try, and why multitasking (mostly) doesn't work.

The Preserve: Winter Well-being 

Despite the holidays, Winter can be a challenging season for many. The combination of cold and darker days, alongside the social expectation of making it a “happy season,” can take a toll on the physical and mental health of many.  Liggy Webb shares her top tips to look after our well-being during the winter months. 

Winter Wellbeing This winter will provide us all with an opportunity to learn about new ways of doing things that we may not have thought about exploring before. By putting wellbeing at the heart of our day we will be healthier, more energised and more able to cope with the challenges we are all experiencing.
How to build your winter resilience Resilience is about embracing our “humanness” and understanding and accepting that we will inevitably experience setbacks and disappointments. We will make mistakes and get things wrong because we were not born to be perfect; we were born to be real.