A few years ago, Shopify rolled out a tool that calculated the cost of every meeting based on the length and specific attendees. Include three employees in a 30-minute meeting? The average cost could range anywhere from $700 to $1,600. Throw an executive in the meeting, and the cost shoots up to at least $2,000.
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The concept of a ‘second shift’ is nothing new. After working 9-5 (or your standard version of a shift), we come home for part two of the day—making dinner, walking the dogs, packing lunches for tomorrow, and all the other adult duties that keep life running somewhat smoothly. But for millions of Americans, the second
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When you’re feeling overwhelmed, productivity is usually the first thing to go. It’s not (usually) because you don’t care, but because it feels like too much. Trying to optimize your time or follow a system when you’re barely keeping your head above water sounds ridiculous. So when you hit that wall, you check out and
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When I started typing this article, a text message popped up in the right-hand corner of my screen. It wasn’t spam—it was something I needed to respond to, so I opened up the Messages app to respond. Once I did, I noticed the red dot telling me I had two other unread texts. I answered
Workplace distractions aren’t random. They’re engineered. Read More »
Do you ever look at your day’s schedule and immediately feel anxious? Sure, it sounds less than ideal, but it’s the reality for a lot of high performers who feel required to map out their day down every 60-second increment, or those of us who consistently put more on our to-do list than is humanly
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If you’ve ever tried the time blocking method and then abandoned it by Wednesday, you’re not alone. In theory, time blocking sounds perfect. Assign a job to every hour. Protect deep work. Eliminate distractions. But for creative professionals, people with ADHD, and those with unpredictable schedules (I’m looking at you, fellow parents), that kind of
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If everything at work feels urgent, it’s not necessarily that your workload is out of control. It could be that you haven’t yet developed a system to decide what’s a priority and what can wait. Without a procedure to list all your tasks, decide what actually matters, and block off time for meaningful work, every
The end of the year has a way of sharpening perspective. You start noticing patterns you ignored in March. Meetings that multiplied and bulldozed focused work. Uninterrupted time for creativity quietly eroded. Days that felt full but somehow produced very little. This is usually the moment people go looking for a time tracker. Not because
The right time tracker is the MVP of your productivity season Read More »
​ We tend to wear ‘busy’ like a badge of honor. When you tell someone you’ve been busy at work, the implication is clear—you’ve got a lot of big, important projects going on. But in all honesty, that’s not often the case. Staying busy, with an unending to-do list and full calendar, doesn’t necessarily mean
How many working hours are in a year? And how to make yours count Read More »
Every team tracks time in some form. Whether it’s a manual spreadsheet, a built-in company system, or an online timecard calculator, the ritual is always the same: enter the hours, approve the hours, move on. But here’s a quiet truth no amount of perfect arithmetic can hide: teams don’t struggle because the math is wrong.
Beyond the timecard: How teams can make every hour count as 2025 winds down Read More »
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