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Coca-Cola Killed Their Voicemail & You Should Too
They’ve since changed their answering messages to encourage callers to try later or use an alternative method to contact the person.
The Burnout Gamble #7: The Process of Bouncing Back From Burnout
Burnout can hit us hard, especially when we don’t recognize the blaring signals our bodies send us.
Hey Ayesha! These 11 Simple Rules Will Help You Make The Most of Post-Secondary
Friendly advice for my cousin and other first-year students.
Unleash Breakthrough Productivity by Knowing When to Stop Working
Dash through your to-do list.
Why You Should Wear the Same Thing to Work Every Day
Each work day we’re confronted with roughly 35,000 micro and macro decisions.
When Things Get Tough, It’s the Realists Who Survive
There’s no shortage of advice from motivational speakers and self-help authors preaching that success is the byproduct of a positive attitude.
Overwhelmed? Use the Four D’s to Move Projects Forward
You’ve got the same 24 hours as Beyoncé.
Avoid Over-Planning with #Now, #Next, and #Later Deadlines
Getting ideas off the ground requires careful planning; having a plan in the first place improves your chances for success.
For Big Ideas: Spend 30% of Your Time Living in the Future
Big ideas rarely reveal themselves to you when you’re stuck in a reactive workflow.
Don’t Waste the Tiny Gaps in Your Schedule
So stop looking at those 30-minute gaps in your day as empty space.
Use the 52/17 Rule to Maximize Productivity
The human body isn’t designed to sit for eight hours at a stretch.
Take Back the Lunch Break
Do you eat your lunch in front of your computer? Or skip lunch and eat in a rush between meetings?
Prioritize Better by Asking the Focusing Question
What’s the one thing I can do such that by doing it everything else will be easier or unnecessary?
The Worst Stage of Burnout: “Brownout”
While we might be able to successfully recognize the symptoms of burnout, we’re often oblivious to the alternative: a more deeper, obscured type of fatigue that afflicts successful, high-performing creatives.
Break Your New Year’s Resolutions Into 90-Day Chunks
Think about the long-term goals that you’ve set for yourself this year. When you will know that you’ve achieved them?
Give a Better Reply Than “I’m Busy”
If you were asked how your day has been, there’s a good chance that you’d include the word “busy” somewhere in your answer.
Want a Promotion? Fire Yourself.
In firing yourself, he reasoned, you focus your productivity on stabilizing what you used to do in order to free yourself for the better things you had always hoped to be doing.