Habits

Mar 22

A 4-Step Plan to Stop Micromanaging and Preserve Productivity

Managers, listen up: micromanagement kills your team's efficiency and will slowly drive you insane. I've prepared
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Mar 21

5 Best Ergonomic Office Chairs

Many jobs require people to sit at a desk for several hours at end, which can bring about issues like
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Mar 14

What is Your Google Reader Replacement Recommendation?

Count me among the many avid Google Reader users who were bummed by yesterday's news that Google is
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Mar 13

What You Can Learn About Productivity From the Producers of 'Anger Management'

Your next productivity inspiration might come from Charlie Sheen's bosses, the producers of FX comedy "Anger Management.
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Mar 10

5 Productivity Apps for Android

Increase your productivity and stay on top of your tasks with the help of these five apps for Android. Each
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Mar 04

Staying Fit Will Help Keep You Focused

A new study from Spain suggests there is a correlation between fitness levels and cognitive performance. By examining Heart Rate
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Mar 03

My Favorite Analog Productivity Tools

I'm often asked about my favorite productivity tools, and while I do cycle through an array of apps
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Feb 27

Yahoo, Don't Ban Telecommuting: Just Hire Better Managers

I've deliberately waited to weigh in on the Yahoo work-from-home ban; others have covered the story more than
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Feb 23

Is Entrepreneurship the New 'Safe' Job?

Back in September, I covered a story that positioned entrepreneurship as the new "safe" job. Last night, while
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Feb 12

A Lifelong 25-Hour Workweek? I'm on Board

Most of us working-age stiffs are putting in far more than our 40 hours a week at work, but Professor
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Feb 02

Linds Redding, Perspective and Work-Life Alignment

In October, art director Linds Redding died of esophageal cancer, bringing some of his older blog posts back into the
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Jan 09

Getting Back on Warrior Track

Note from Marissa: Ridiculously Efficient CCO Melody Alderman is training for her first Warrior Dash next summer and is brave
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