Habits

Nov 26

To Pump Up Productivity, Hire Athletes

Many organizations focus intently on the academic accolades of potential hires. Little do they know that they may be overlooking
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Nov 26

Yahoo's Marissa Mayer Loves her Unfinished To-Do List

Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer thrives on an unfinished to-do list. In the last 18 months, Mayer has managed
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Nov 25

Optimism Training With Bonnie St. John

Positivity undoubtedly has an effect on success. As Paralympic medalist Bonnie St. John pointed out, pessimists are often right, but
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Nov 25

Stop Hating On Mondays -- That's When Workers are Most Productive

It turns out Mondays aren't so bad after all. A new study from the UK conducted by Microsoft
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Nov 25

Hiding From Your Boss Will Actually Boost Productivity

We currently live in a time when managers and employees don't have walls dividing them. Instead, managers work
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Nov 25

Religion in the Workplace Can Help Employee Engagement and Productivity

There might just be a place for religion in the workplace after all. A new study found that work environments
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Nov 25

The Linear Calendar is Perfect for Entrepreneurs

A regular calendar has us looking at our time as a grid. But time flows--hour into hour, day into day--and
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Nov 24

Filmmaker Shane Salerno on Productivity

Filmmaker Shane Salerno is famous for working on multiple projects at the same time. With his recent Salinger project, Salerno
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Nov 23

Is Email an Outdated Form of Technology?

Email consumes our lives. When it comes to productivity, email is like the plague. We spend uncounted hours per month
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Nov 22

How to Enforce Downtime When 80 'Things' Per Second Connect to the Internet

Now, more than ever, our world is online. With more than 80 "things" per second connecting to the
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Nov 22

The Average Worker is Only Productive for 3 Hours a Day

There are 24 hours in a day and a traditional job has most people working for eight of those hours.
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Nov 22

Dell's CEO Wants Half His Employees to Work From Home

There's been a new trend in Silicon Valley with large companies like Yahoo and HP asking each and
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