Weekly roundup

I’ve looked at ways to write better emails in a past weekly roundup, but writing great emails isn’t always a good thing. The more great emails you write, the more replies you get. Being wonderful at writing emails could leave you with an overflowing inbox and no way to keep it in-check. If your inbox […]

As remote working grows in popularity, more of us are looking for ways to maximize our productivity and how much meaningful work we get done when we’re not surrounded by our teammates. Remote working affords you the flexibility to work in the way that suits you best, but you might find these tips from experienced

Most of us deal with stress in our lives at some point or another. And while stress may exist for a good reason, our modern lives tend to lead to chronic stress, which is unhealthy and unpleasant.

Learning a foreign language, like getting fit, eating healthy, and learning to play an instrument, is one of those goals that ends up being a common New Year’s Resolution but are rarely actually accomplished. What’s great about learning a foreign language, though, is that unless you’re aiming to pass an exam or use the language

When it comes to organizing your work and staying productive, there are different levels to look at. For instance: planning out your goals, reviewing your work, and organizing your calendar. Today I want to look at some tips for organizing your work and getting things done on a daily level. Before we dive in… Time management

I recently covered some tips to help you wrangle your calendar, but there’s another necessary evil many of us struggle to keep a handle on: email. As Shani Harmon writes at HBR, “We’ll spend hours polishing our LinkedIn profiles and revising our résumés, but hastily hit send on an unintelligible missive simply because we’re in

Being productive, working on the right things, and not letting busywork take over your day often comes down to how you schedule your work. As productivity expert Cal Newport says, scheduling your week in advance “allows you to spread out, batch, and prioritize work in a manner that significantly increases what you accomplish and goes

Side projects can help you create things for the fun of it, learn new skills, or even start new streams of income. But it can be difficult to find the time and motivation to move forward on these projects in your spare time. Try these tips to make sure your side projects don’t get lose

We’ve already discussed how important meaningful work is—It makes us more engaged at work, happier in the long-term, and even wealthier. But “meaningful” work means different things to different people. To help find what work matters the most to you, you need to start somewhere else: Your purpose. Before we dive in… Your purpose decides what you

We’ve come to revere busyness, and to see it as being an indicator of high status. But busyness is harmful to our productivity and our health (and can even lead to things as horrible as burnout syndrome). It’s not something to aim for or be proud of. If you’re struggling with busyness and need to