Marissa Brassfield

Marissa Brassfield

Los Angeles
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Oct 29

2 Huge Reasons People Quit

There's always going to be "the employee who got away" -- the high performer whose departure
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Oct 27

3 Ways to Be Resilient, Not Reactive (Right Now)

Do you ever get the feeling that you're an inactive participant in your own life? This loss of
3 min read
Oct 16

Competition in Work Teams: How Gender Affects Creativity

If creativity is what you're after, don't force your female employees to be part of head-to-head
1 min read
Oct 16

Stress Management 101 for Support Staff

If you work for an entrepreneur, you don't need me to tell you that stress management is the
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Oct 03

Virgin Group Announces Unlimited Vacation Policy

Richard Branson is one of today's most heralded visionaries. His latest policy move at Virgin marks another tremendous
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Oct 02

9 Responses to Google's Email Rules

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="qjIevT1b2TiONgze9L57hM5hnO8Wv6FA"]"How Google Works," the recently published business book by Eric Schmidt
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Sep 28

Disappearing Office Forces You to Stop at 6 PM

Amsterdam design studio Heldergroen has an approach to work-life alignment that we at Ridiculously Efficient can definitely get behind: a
1 min read
Sep 24

Stressed Out? Take a Walk

The best way to beat stress, according to new research, is to get a group together and take a walk.
1 min read
Sep 19

Minimizing Miscues When Inviting Remote Participants to In-Person Meetings

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="njluQZFMrsfTasJzZHDpJbeNygnIWOZF"]Every team I've ever worked with makes the same mistake when
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Sep 18

Meeting Expectations: Do We Need a "Wasted Time" Fine?

[contextly_auto_sidebar id="SjFLjvhhMXrlpMuhqxQpibCzHIKzpyat"]If I look at my published work over the years, I'm
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Sep 16

How to Reframe Meetings to Keep Them Action-Oriented

I'm on a crusade against pointless meetings. Here are some of my favorite ways to reframe meetings so
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Sep 09

REBEL 1, Preview 1

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