Remote teams offer unique benefits. You can hire people from anywhere, saving money and reaching a bigger talent pool. You can save office costs. And you can often get more coverage by having employees in multiple time zones, making it easier to move fast and keep customers happy. But a remote team also has unique […]
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I’m delighted to admit that I’ve failed at more challenges than anyone I know. — Scott Adams Few of us could admit to failing more than anyone we know. In fact, most of us have trouble admitting to any failure. We try our best to succeed in everything we do, and we struggle to admit
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Once you’ve left school you might not study anymore, but chances are you still spend a lot of time learning. Which is why it’s so important to understand ways you can improve how you learn. Getting ahead in your career or just improving your skills requires constant learning of new techniques, new technologies, and even
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Most of us learn new things every day. But in order to really get ahead and do our best work, it helps to put in deliberate effort to learn new information, new skills, and new techniques. Here’s what we know about how the brain learns, and how that can help us make the best use
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Whether you’re trying to improve your overall productivity, build healthy habits, or reach an ambitious goal, motivation can be tricky to find just when you need it. Try these three practical steps next time you need a quick motivation boost. How to boost your motivation 1. Relive past experiences Thinking about the last time you
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Your New Year’s resolutions might be long gone already. But unlike ambitious goals or brave resolutions made on January 1, healthy, good habits that stick last all year long. Little habits like regular exercise, eating more fruit and veggies, keeping your inbox closed while you work, and leaving work on time each night add up to create
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Rest, vacation, and downtime of all kinds are often seen as luxuries or indulgences. With an ever-growing workload and constant pressure to get ahead, most employees are fighting just to keep up. There doesn’t seem to be room for rest or downtime in the modern workday. But rest isn’t a luxury. It’s absolutely critical to
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Most of us tend to zone out a lot when we’re bored. I know I do, and research shows I’m not alone. A study from the University of California at Santa Barbara asked students to read Tolstoy’s War and Peace for 45 minutes and press a button during this period whenever they caught themselves getting
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Burnout is an all-too-common ailment of the modern workplace. With our go-go-go culture and our habit of overworking, it’s not surprising that we succumb to the exhaustion and disengagement of burnout too regularly. But before burnout hits us, there’s something we can do. Adjusting how we approach our workdays, and how we find balance between
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With so many of us working long hours to keep up with an ever-growing workload, and risking burnout just to keep up, the importance of rest is easily forgotten. We avoid taking vacations and instead battle stress, illness, and the constant pressure to find time for all our commitments outside work. But rest isn’t something
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