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What’s Better Than Coffee Or Naps? Coffee Naps.
Scientists agree: when it comes to maximizing alertness, coffee naps (drinking a cup of coffee and then taking a quick nap) are better than coffee or naps alone.
Do More in Less Time with Parkinson’s Law
Why are we always shocked out of productivity paralysis and into overdrive whenever a deadline suddenly becomes imminent?
Want a Better Work/Life Balance? Treat Your Time like an Investment Portfolio
It feels good to be productive, but it’s not uncommon to look back at your day and feel like you’ve accomplished little to nothing.
Achieve A Good Day’s Work With The Rule Of 3
It feels good to be productive, but it’s not uncommon to look back at your day and feel like you’ve accomplished little to nothing.
In Most Meetings, 3 People Are Doing 70% of the Talking
Consider the idea, not the source.
Tackle Your Passion Project With The 90-90-1 Rule
The daily grind can quickly overshadow our passion projects; emails and meetings tend to displace things like writing a book or training for a marathon.
Don’t Know The Answer? Admit It, Then Follow Up.
Rather than nodding your head when you don’t know what someone is talking about, or blindly guessing an answer (only to be proven wrong), give yourself permission to not know it all.
Worried You Won’t Follow Through? Bet Your Friends.
No one wants to be publicly embarrassed for being unable to meet their goals. Especially with money on the line.
Backlogged? Work Like You’re Going On Vacation
The average worker’s backlog is around 30 hours, or roughly three or four days of things that are begging to be finished.
Avoid Playing Email PingPong With “If...Then” Statements
Scheduling meetings over email is like playing ping pong, where a simple “Can you meet at 4:00 pm?” could easily turn into an endless volley of back-and-forth replies.
Hot vs Cold: A Temperature-Based Approach to Conflict Resolution
Work conflicts are inevitable regardless of the size of the team. At your office, perhaps the marketers and developers can’t agree on a launch date.
Stop Multitasking, Start Monotasking
We need to stop overloading our systems with simultaneous inputs and revert to focusing on one thing at a time.
Give Your Intern a Thesis Project
If you’re currently managing interns or planning to hire some this coming fall, it’s imperative to remember that their job isn’t to push paper and make coffee runs.
Manage Your Mood, Manage Your Output
Not being in the right mood can have a dramatic impact on productivity.
End Procrastination with the Zeigarnik Effect
Simply starting a project can be the biggest barrier to productivity.
4 Ways To Build Self Confidence
We all want our work to speak for itself, but sometimes we need to speak up for our work.