Who doesn’t love a good lifehack? If your goal is to work smarter, not harder, these posts are for you.
These days, there’s an mobile app or device for just about anything you might want to track about yourself. RescueTime can track your time on the computer. Fitbit lets you track how many steps you’re taking. Foursquare will track the places you’ve been. The list goes on and on. Tracking that information can help you […]
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I’m having a hard time getting this blog post written today. You see, today is the first day of the NHL hockey season and I’m watching a game, checking Twitter, skimming blogs, and all manner of hockey fan nerdery. I’m glad the season is finally underway, but now I’ve got a lot to be distracted
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Welcome to 2013 everyone! It’s the first week of the year, which means it’s the week that most of us set some shiny new productivity goals (many of which we will have completely abandoned by mid-February 🙂 ) It’s also the week when just about every blogger everywhere has something to say about setting and
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One reason New Year’s Resolutions are so hard is because they involve making time for a new activity in your daily routine. It’s difficult to find time to go to the gym or learn a new skill because you’ve already got a tight schedule. Since you’re likely already devoting at least 40 hours to work
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Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Maneesh Sethi, a RescueTime user, productivity hacker, and author of the blog hackthesystem.com. He’s experimented with several creative ways to increase his productivity, and has decided to document the whole process as he goes so others can benefit from what he’s learned. If you’d like to follow along
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I’ve been watching The Men Who Built America on the History Channel this week, and it’s gotten me on a bit of a history kick. I started thinking about how our opinions about work and productivity have changed over time. It’s so easy to think of workplace productivity in exclusively modern terms, given that so
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Moving fast can be really exhilarating. It feels good to sprint to meet a tight deadline or get a project done with half the resources. It feels really good to manage all the incoming streams and keep things moving, despite the odds. At least it does at first… If you keep your foot on the
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I’ve been thinking a lot about sticking to goals this week. (I’m sure the fact that I’m already slipping behind on my NaNoWriMo word count has nothing to do with this). Here are some articles about finishing what you started, why it may be tough to stay on task, and some tools you can use to
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It’s Halloween, so that means time to tell scary stories. (cut the lights and cue the spooky music). A few days ago, we wrote about productivity zombies, but let’s be honest, those guys are probably just going to shuffle around and drool a lot. They’re not all that scary. Robots, however… those dudes can be
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We’ve all had those moments where we feel like we’ve tried it all in our quests to be more productive, motivated, happier, etc… Here are some ideas, tricks, and perspectives that you might not have thought of. They range from the head-smackingly simple to the head-smackingly (literally) ridiculous. The Surfer’s Guide to Taking Risks When
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