In this unstable economic climate, employees are feeling the pressure more than ever to deliver at work. Accordingly, this week's must-reads will help you work towards a sensible work-life alignment despite the economy. * How to be a productive, contributing member of a team without losing your personal life...
Some people do well with gradual changes when it comes to cranking up productivity, but when that fails, I recommend ripping off the Band-Aid to make changes all at once. Each day, we get to decide who we want to be -- how we choose to act, work and play....
On the weekdays, I typically focus on work productivity, but since it's the weekend, I couldn't resist sharing three time-saving tricks that gave me over six hours back this week. Six hours, 1 minute and 30 seconds, to be exact -- and the number will likely...
Cutting-edge offices around the world are gamifying work to boost employee productivity; leverage their strategies at home to gamify your day and boost personal productivity. While you probably wouldn't want to gamify every aspect of your life, these strategies will help you supercharge a morning, lazy Sunday or...
If you want to pump up the productivity in 2012, let the Stockdale Paradox guide your efforts. The Stockdale Paradox describes the mindset held by Vice Admiral James Stockdale, a U.S. Navy officer held as a prisoner of war for seven years during the Vietnam War. Stockdale never lost...
Ridiculously Efficient readers are familiar with efficiency strategies like working in spurts, leveraging Parkinson's Law and managing decision fatigue; this list of unconventional productivity strategies shares novel ideas to boost effectiveness. Productivity-Enhancing Office Practices * Does Your Office Need a Thinking Day? * 5 Management Strategies to Enable Efficiency * 3...
