Jul 08
5 Best Practices for Corporate Social Media
Learning how your company can benefit from social media, including the best tactics to approach and costly misfires to avoid,
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Energy & Alignment
Time management assumes all hours are equal. They're not. Energy management asks a different question: what renews you versus what depletes you? These posts challenge conventional productivity wisdom and offer an alternative—designing your work around your natural rhythms, auditing commitments by energy cost, and building a life that doesn't require your depletion to function. Efficiency isn't doing more. It's doing what matters while staying whole.
Jul 01
Weekend Reading: Career Guest Posts 6/25 - 6/29
Each week, I contribute dozens of articles on career-focused topics to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of
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Jun 28
What's Your Perfect Workday?
This afternoon, I want you to consider one question: what's your perfect workday? Many of us can imagine
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Apr 23
Monday Must-Reads: Work-Life Alignment in a Struggling Economy
In this unstable economic climate, employees are feeling the pressure more than ever to deliver at work. Accordingly, this week&
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Apr 09
Monday Must-Reads: Alternative Workweek Strategies
Not every office abides by the standard 40-hour week, and this week's must-reads center on alternative workweek strategies
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Mar 05
5 Monday Must-Reads on Prioritization
Today's global business environment means that work doesn't always stop at the stroke of 5 p.
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Dec 22
Embrace Downtime to Preserve Productivity
To preserve productivity in the holiday season and beyond, you must embrace downtime. This advice might seem paradoxical (especially if
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Nov 13
Ridiculously Efficient Social Media Workflow
I've tried out dozens of social media tools over the years, but the following apps and services have
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Oct 18
Productivity Vanguards: David Allen, Creator of the GTD System
David Allen is an author and productivity consultant who founded the Getting Things Done method of time management, commonly shortened
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Oct 17
Time Management Case Studies: Hobbies and Productivity
It might seem counterintuitive, but hobbies and productivity have a direct relationship. To boost your output at work, consider picking
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Oct 14
5 Ways to Procrastinate Productively
Procrastination is an inescapable part of everyday life, but that doesn't mean you can't procrastinate productively.
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Oct 06
Time Management Case Studies: Full-Time Blogger Fitness
I've encountered a particularly troubling issue since I became a full-time freelancer: the full-time blogger fitness conundrum. The
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