We all love social media, don't we? The problem is not our affection for the various platforms, which are growing by the day. It is our time and energy spent on them. They are serious productivity killers, and so many of us have found the clock jumping ahead by several ...
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When we are busy our first instinct is generally to rush through and get as much done as possible There are a million articles out there that aim to help you fit more into your day and manage your time by multitasking. After all, it is much better to make ...
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One of the best things you can do to increase work productivity is to take periodic breaks. Not all breaks lead to increased productivity however. If a break is too long or too short it can actually distract you from the task at hand. Also if all you do is ...
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One of my all time favorite cartoons comes from Alex Noriega and his series Stuff No-One Told Me. It features a collection of animals all sleeping on top of one another, and is adorable. But what I love about it is not the cuteness, but the caption: "You're not especially ...
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In the era of 24-hour Internet access and us blogging, working, tweeting all at the same time, multitasking is a hot topic. And not a straightforward on. There has been a lot of research on multitasking. From saying that it effects memory to messing with your cognitive control and even ...
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When it comes to boosting your productivity, especially on the web, any little bit of time saved really adds up. You can greatly increase your efficiency by just knowing a couple of hotkeys on your keyboard. Sometimes even that tiny little bit of help can save up an hour or ...
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Some people say nothing worthwhile can be done in 10 minutes. You can't get a good workout. You can't make a meal… The list of CAN'Ts go on and on, so we decided to say we CAN. We dove into study after study, book after book to bring this random, fun ...
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I am a born procrastinator. When I was a kid, I would wait until the last minute to finish any project. Today, I am no more focused. I am easily distracted, tend to multitask and my work suffers for it. In fact, I usually have to download tools that force ...
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Most software is a matter of personal preference these days. But I tend to be shocked if people don't have a Gmail account, especially for business purposes. Think about it, how often do you write any other email client at this point? So for the sake of this article, I ...
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I know what you were probably thinking when you first read the title of this article: Twitter? Productive? Surely, you jest! Given the fact that you are probably trying to keep yourself from checking Twitter as you read this, I can understand your skepticism. Twitter is one of the biggest time ...
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