Jul 21
Thursday Thought: 2 Strategies to Stay Productive and Play Pokemon Go
This past weekend, I finally broke down and downloaded Pokemon Go. After a few days of play – you know, just
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Marissa Brassfield
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
May 05
This Company is Paying Employees to Sleep More
Health care insurance company Aetna has come up with a creative way to encourage employees to sleep more. If employees
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Apr 21
Thursday Thought: Everything Can Be Overcome
“” — Theodore N. Vail
We recently blogged about Tim Ferriss' decision to stop his startup advising activities. In that post,
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Apr 20
Workspace Wednesday: WeWork Tests Co-Living Space
Envision your college campus. Did you live in the dorms? Were there constantly extra curricular activities going on in addition
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Apr 14
Thursday Thought: Produce Leaders, Not Followers
“” — Ralph Nader
How does your leadership inspire others to lead?
So often, I work with entrepreneurs or managers who see
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Mar 10
Inside My Morning Routine: Buttered Coffee and a Team Meeting
My morning routine is a two-hour affair, but my favorite part of it is when I make our buttered coffee.
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Feb 03
The Polyvore Paradox: Why Everyone Should Prepare Their Team for Startup Success
Polyvore CEO Jess Lee has a curious employee development and retention strategy: train them to run their own company. But
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Jan 28
Identify Your Talent and Potential with StrengthsFinder
The Gallup organization created the Clifton StrengthsFinder to help people discover their unique combination of strengths. StrengthsFinder is an online
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Jan 21
Using Kids' Natural Curiosity & Creativity to Enhance Learning
Today, virtually every kid has a smart phone. That smart phone is full of apps and gadgets that do the
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Jan 05
Bitwalking Pays You to Get Active
Bitwalking believes everyone should be able to earn an income in some fashion. What if you could earn an income
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Jan 03
Want to Retain Team Members? Talk About Their Career Path
Action Steps
If you're a manager, try this line of questioning in your next conversation with your teammate.
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Dec 30
Being Ridiculously Efficient: Earned Laziness
Idleness is something of a bad word in today's work culture (after all, aren't we all
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