Our success depends on so much more than just what we do during our working hours. Doing meaningful work means finding a work life balance between being ‘on’ and being ‘off’—a seemingly simple idea, but one that almost all of us struggle with. Here’s a collection of our best advice on how to find work life balance, no matter what you do.
Most of us learn new things every day. But in order to really get ahead and do our best work, it helps to put in deliberate effort to learn new information, new skills, and new techniques. Here’s what we know about how the brain learns, and how that can help us make the best use […]
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Your New Year’s resolutions might be long gone already. But unlike ambitious goals or brave resolutions made on January 1, healthy, good habits that stick last all year long. Little habits like regular exercise, eating more fruit and veggies, keeping your inbox closed while you work, and leaving work on time each night add up to create
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With so many of us working long hours to keep up with an ever-growing workload, and risking burnout just to keep up, the importance of rest is easily forgotten. We avoid taking vacations and instead battle stress, illness, and the constant pressure to find time for all our commitments outside work. But rest isn’t something
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Whether it’s dieting, working through boring tasks, or building good habits (like sticking to an exercise plan), willpower seems to be required in every facet of life. And the more you’ve got, it seems, the better off you are.
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A solid morning routine can be one of the best habits you can develop. However, it can be difficult to come up with a morning routine from scratch, so I wanted to share mine as an example. Feel free to save a copy of this routine and rewrite it to suit your own needs, or
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Some of the most successful people in history have relied on morning routines to help them start their day consistently. From Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, who famously starts her day with an hour of tennis, to author Cal Newport, who heads outside for a walk first thing, morning routines help artists, entrepreneurs, politicians, and
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Open-plan offices are a favorite among business owners and managers, due to their low cost. In fact, open-plan offices have been shown to reduce building costs by up to 20%. They’re also touted as being beneficial for spontaneous connections with coworkers and encouraging collaboration. But talk to employees who work in open-plan offices and you’ll
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Every time I read something about how much notifications are taking over our lives, I tone down my phone and turn off alerts for all my social media accounts. But somehow, by the next time I come across an article or study about our addiction to notifications, a bunch of them have crept back into
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I once worked at a company that held positivity as a core value. Employees were so encouraged to remain positive all the time that I was once reprimanded by my boss at this company for posting a personal tweet about wanting to stay in bed one cold weekend morning. Apparently, positivity extends so far as
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At RescueTime, our mission is to increase the amount of meaningful work that happens in the world. As part of that mission, I’ve been diving into research on what makes work meaningful, and ways to use this research in your own job. Before we dive deeper, it’s important to decide what we mean when we’re
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