Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

7 Scientific Ways to Make Better Decisions

From ordering coffee and choosing a suit to evaluating job offers and pursuing business opportunities, we’re assaulted with decisions nearly every second of the day.

Procrastinate with a Purpose: Science-Backed Ways to Recharge Your Creativity

Bad news: We’re biologically hardwired to procrastinate. Research shows we possess a limited amount of willpower that drains throughout the day, regardless of what we do.

How to Make Tasks Matter and Find Meaning in Your Work

When your alarm clock starts buzzing, and your inbox is already packed with pressing requests, what pulls you out of bed and into your 8x10 cubicle? Paying the bills is a powerful motivator, but ultimately, it comes down to personal meaning.

5 Powerful Lessons from the World's Top Achievers

Ask yourself: if you could sit down with the most successful people in the world and learn their secrets, what kind of impact would that have on your life and career?

Finding Flow: 5 Steps to Get in the Zone and Be More Productive

Ever had a moment—perhaps while writing, designing, or working through a complex problem—where you're so focused on a task that the world around you disappears and you're perfectly focused? It feels like you're on autopilot. Nothing can go wrong.

Stay Calm: How to Become More Emotionally Resilient

Business isn’t personal, right? In a perfect world, we’d be able to separate our emotions from our work. But we can’t compartmentalize our feelings for after-hours like a computer.

Better Brainstorming: The Most Effective Ways to Generate More Ideas

The hero is faced with a huge—potentially insurmountable—challenge. A random event or object sparks their creativity, and suddenly they devise a brilliant solution to save the day. As romantic as this narrative is, it’s also highly unrealistic.

7 Science-Backed Ways to Take Better Breaks

It wasn’t until moving to London that I started eating lunch at my desk.

Ace College and Your Career with These 6 App Workflows

There’s no denying it—software and technology play a massive role in pretty much every industry. Yet even while software know-how is becoming a standard requirement for jobs, most colleges won't teach you even the basics of popular business software.

How to Make Difficult Decisions

Your decisions make you. Whether you’re selling them as an entrepreneur, marketer, writer, or any other kind of knowledge worker, or facing a serious crossroads in your personal life, the choices you make today define your future.