With up to 40% of our daily behaviors driven by habits, they can either work for us. Or against us. Read out best articles on how to understand what habits are, how to build healthy and good habits, and get rid of our worst ones.
2024 was a record year, but not in the way businesses hoped for. Employee engagement plummeted to its lowest point in a decade, with just 31% of employees describing themselves as engaged. Even more concerning is the fact that employers saw record levels of actively disengaged employees, with 17% of employees saying they’ve completely checked […]
Ping. Pop-up. Knock at the door. Goodbye, productivity. It starts with something small. A Slack message. A calendar invite. A coworker who “just has one question.” You barely register the interruption because it’s just a few seconds, right? But then your brain stalls. What were you doing again? You stare at your screen, scrolling back through
Your brain has left the chat (How you’re paying the price for workplace distractions) Read More »
Have you ever heard someone joke that they added an already-completed task to their to-do list just so they can check it off? Almost all of us can relate, because we’ve been conditioned to maintain a busy mindset. The more we accomplish, the better. Except, it’s not better. Busy does not equal productive, and productive
Busy vs. productive: A mindset shift for the new year Read More »
I have a confession: I hate productivity. I don’t want to grind, and I’m not here to squeeze more out of every single minute. But wandering aimlessly between work, my constantly buzzing phone, and a house full of half-finished art projects wasn’t doing me any favors either. But this post isn’t about my dislike for
The Pomodoro Method (Or how I learned to stop winging it and love productivity) Read More »
There is so much each and every one of us has to deal with, every day, to keep ourselves in check. To keep striving toward being healthy and accomplished. Sometimes it feels like, with all the things we’re supposed to do daily, there’s no room left in our mind for, you know, anything else. How
Your default behaviors are under your control Read More »
What’s the most productive part of your day? That time of day when you feel your distractions and annoyances melt away, and against all odds, manage to find yourself in a flow state where work actually gets finished? Maybe you’re one of those self-starters who are raring to go right when you sit down at
The most productive part of the day Read More »
You may have lied to yourself like this before: “My desk isn’t clean—I couldn’t possibly start working.” “After I fold the laundry and do the dishes, I’ll feel better. Then I can get started.” “This isn’t the office of someone who is successful at work.” The beliefs we allow to limit us are often some
Let creativity be messy Read More »
If you care about your job, your work, or even your hobbies at all, it’s not hard to imagine this scenario. You want things to go well. You want to do a good job. You want to be the person that people talk about when they think of someone dependable, professional, and impressive at the
Not everything is important. Read More »
Where were you the first time you learned that hard work didn’t directly correlate to results? That bombshell revelation that feeling busy, or even being busy, wasn’t the only prerequisite to getting your work done and done well? It can be hard for some to take. Some in your office or in your coffee shop
Let your brain settle down Read More »
We’re all guilty of it. We’re in one of those moments when we get all inspired (often at 2am on a Sunday) and make proclamations, make plans to change our lives. “This time I’m gonna do it all. Health and productivity and social life and everything else.” So we set about biting off more than
Going back to basics to get more done Read More »
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