As Benjamin Franklin once said, time is like money. Without being managed properly, how do you know where it’s going? Here’s a collection of our best advice on how to manage your time, set proper schedules, and get more done.
By understanding these different productivity curves you can take the guesswork out of when to work and know you’ve scheduled the right work at exactly the right time.
When to work: How to optimize your daily schedule for energy, motivation, and focus Read More »
61% of new hires say the realities of their jobs are different from expectations set out in the hiring process. And that starts with the job description.
Work expectations vs. reality: What an honest job description would look like Read More »
If you want to get serious about time management and efficiency, you need to go beyond the surface and start looking at the “long tail”.
Long tail time management: How the “little things” take up big portions of your day Read More »
Long working hours aren’t a long-term solution for anyone. So how do we recognize when we’re being overworked and stop it from running us into the ground?
Feeling overworked? Here’s what happens to your mind (and body) when you work long hours Read More »
Emails have a tendency to take over our work days. But there’s one trick that can help you get through them quickly and efficiently: Canned responses. Using templates for common requests not only saves you time, but helps you make better and quicker decisions by removing the friction of writing every response from scratch. With
Weekly Reads: 10 email canned responses that will save you hours each week Read More »
There’s no escaping email in the modern office. But if you’re a Gmail user, you can at least make your life a little bit easier by following these simple steps.
Free Guide: 21 Gmail settings that will boost your efficiency, focus, and productivity Read More »
It’s safe to say we all have goals we’d like to hit, but haven’t made much progress on. But why is it so easy to want to better ourselves, and so hard to actually do it? Goal setting is difficult for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that our brains hate
Weekly Reads: How to beat the mental biases getting in the way of achieving your goals Read More »
Every single piece of communication—emails, messages, meetings, calls—represents time that will need to be paid back eventually. Here’s how to get control over your communication debt.
Communication debt: What it is and how to save your team from it Read More »
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 in. That’s 40 hours a week. Around 2000 a year (minus 2 weeks’ vacation). Not too bad. The problem with this kind of thinking is that just because we’re at
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.
Weekly Reads: 5 work life balance tips from the world’s “busiest” people Read More »
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