Productivity

It’s so easy to get distracted when you have tasks that need to be done and that can affect your productivity for the whole week. But how can you minimize distractions, maximize your week, and ensure you have a good work week?…

Everyone loves a little healthy competition. Creating competition between employees within the corporation breeds innovation and creativity. Employee competition creates a beneficial work environment when done in the spirit of rewarding both the employee and the corporation. Employers who provide incentives…

If you are self-disciplined, you are highly successful at motivating yourself and managing yourself, without needing anyone else to remind you. You don’t need anyone else to manage your time for you or check in on whether you’ve done what…

There are two types of people in this world. There are those who are like email hoarders, saving every Microsoft Outlook email they receive. And there are those who start every day with an empty inbox as part of the Inbox…

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.” – Opening lines of “Desiderata” by Max Ehrmann, Poet and writer (1872-1945) In our busy and stressful lives, many people dwell on past…

No one talks about the benefits of procrastination because society has viewed it negatively for centuries. Even famous people like Mark Twain and Benjamin Franklin saw procrastination as an unfavorable attribute. Twain said one should never put off until tomorrow something that he or…

Some people consider the ability to complete multiple tasks at the same time an art and a science. This ability to do more than one thing at a time is likely a more recent behavior that has come about with…

When you’ve had a full week at work, it can be hard to find the energy to appreciate your time off. If you’re in a very busy and tiring job, it can be even harder. But you can make small…

Knowing how to make time to exercise with a busy schedule can seem more complicated than juggling multiple weights. However, you can implement a program that fits with the right attitude and practical strategies. This piece will examine the challenges…

Do you know how to say no when work calls you in? Perhaps you get that nervous, lower-than-life feeling when you think about telling your superiors you can’t cover a shift. Maybe you’re an avoidant person who screens your calls and…