Building Good Habits
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RescueTime + NaNoWriMo 2018: How to write a novel in 30 days
RescueTime is once again teaming up with NaNoWriMo to give you the tools and support you need to build a solid writing routine, fight distractions, and stay focused as you bring your characters and story to life in just 30 days.Read »
For successful collaboration, stop being “always on” and start working in “bursts”
Collaboration is one of the keys to our success at work. But that doesn’t mean it should have all our attention, all the time.Read »
Weekly Reads: 7 Work habits that will help you get more done each week
There are few things in life that can help (or hurt) you more than your work habits. If you want to build better ones, here are some great examples from the world’s most productive people. Read »
Is there a perfect morning routine? Here’s what I learned interviewing 300+ of the most productive people
You know you should be getting up earlier. But then what? Over the past five years I interviewed over 300 successful individuals about their morning routines and found they share these 5 qualities.Read »
How to break bad habits (and build good ones at the same time)
According to researchers, 40–45% of our daily actions aren’t conscious decisions, but habits. Habits power our lives. But not always for the better.Read »
9 RescueTime Alerts you can use to stay motivated, track progress, and guard yourself from distractions
RescueTime Alerts take the guesswork out of where your time is going and give you real-time feedback on your actual behaviors so you can be aware, stop, and adjust. Here are some of the best ones you can get started with today.Read »
Tech overuse at work is a symptom. Your culture is the disease: An interview with behavioral designer Nir Eyal
Human beings have been fighting distractions for thousands of years. Yet, somehow it seems like the battleground has shifted. Rather than what you’d typically think …Read »
Weekly Roundup: 6 research-backed ways to make new habits stick
How many times have you worked hard to make good work habits stick only to fall back into your old way of doing things a few weeks later? …Read »
Weekly Roundup: 7 cognitive biases that ruin your decision-making process
Meaningful work. Productive days. Health and happiness. Everything that contributes to a life with value seems to come down to one thing: Making good decisions. …Read »
How to build good work habits (and finally get rid of your bad ones)
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” As Pulitzer Prize-winning author and philosopher Will Durant explains, good …Read »