Weekly Reads: How to make coming back to work after a holiday less traumatic
We’re big believers in the power of downtime. But there’s nothing worse than having a nice, relaxing holiday ruined by the anxiety of coming back to work. Read »
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The “Everything is Important” paradox: 7 practical methods for how to prioritize work
While the elements of prioritization are simple (i.e. Know what tasks need to be done and rank them). It’s far from a simple exercise. To make things easier, we’ve collected some of the best strategies out there on how to prioritize work into one master list.Read »
The planning fallacy: Why we all assume we have more time than we actually do each week (and how to fix it)
How many hours do you work each day? If you’re like most of the working population you probably think you get a solid 8 hours …Read »
Communication Overload: Our research shows most workers can’t go 6 minutes without checking email or IM
There’s no getting over the fact that you need to use email and instant messengers to do your job. But if we’re constantly switching our focus from a task at hand to checking emails or Slack messages, we’re never giving ourselves the chance to truly focus on the work that matters.Read »
Weekly Reads: 5 ways time management can de-stress your workday
We all feel stressed from time to time. But it seems like now more than ever, the workplace has become the biggest source of stress in our lives. Here’s how you can use time management to de-stress your workday. Read »
Slack vs. Productivity: Here’s what happened when everyone’s favorite communication tool went down
Slack bills itself as “where work happens”. So what happened when it was essentially closed for business? We analyzed productivity data from 12,000 users to find out.Read »
Weekly Reads: 5 work life balance tips from the world’s “busiest” people
How can we do our best work and feel like we’re living a well-rounded, balanced life? To find out, we gathered the best work life balance tips from some of the world’s “busiest” people—from CEOs to authors, artists, and entrepreneurs.Read »
Combating Stress at Work: Managers share their best stress relief strategies
There’s a fine line between challenging your team to do their best, and pushing them into a place that can cause them mental and physical harm. so how do you know when you’ve crossed that line?Read »
To boost focus choose intensity over endurance: An interview with The Unmistakable Creative’s Srinivas Rao
Author and podcast host Srinivas Rao shares the best advice he’s collected in the past decade. From why intensity of focus beats endurance. Why he writes all his emails before opening his inbox. And how to prioritize downtime and stop working when you’ve done “enough”.Read »
The realities of the work sabbatical: How and why you should take weeks, months, and sometimes even years off
Studies have found that academics who take work sabbaticals report higher levels of satisfaction and lower levels of stress than those who don’t. So why don’t we do the same in the workplace? Read »