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Your Most Productive Self

How To Schedule Wellness Into Your Workday And Still Get Stuff Done

Here are a few tips for taking better care of yourself from 6 a.m. until bedtime that won’t get in the way of your work.

How To Schedule Wellness Into Your Workday And Still Get Stuff Done

Here’s How To Trick Your Brain Into Liking Winter

Or at least avoiding a seasonal tailspin as the literal and emotional daylight dims.

Here’s How To Trick Your Brain Into Liking Winter

This Is The Emotionally Intelligent Way To Handle Stage Fright

Rather than beating yourself up about being nervous, you need to acknowledge, and even embrace, your jitters. Here’s how.

This Is The Emotionally Intelligent Way To Handle Stage Fright

Other People Can Help You Beat Imposter Syndrome (And Never Know It)

You don’t have to completely trust that you’re up to snuff. You just need to trust people who believe that you are.

Other People Can Help You Beat Imposter Syndrome (And Never Know It)

How Being A Product Designer Has Helped Me Redesign My Life

Turns out the same principles for building consumer apps can help you decide whether to redecorate and even improve how you talk to your little brother.

How Being A Product Designer Has Helped Me Redesign My Life

Hate Saying No? Here’s What To Say Instead

You don’t have to feel guilty anymore.

Hate Saying No? Here’s What To Say Instead

This Is Why Being A Morning Person Will Make You Better At Your Job

Four science-backed reasons why you do your best work in the morning.

This Is Why Being A Morning Person Will Make You Better At Your Job

Here’s What Happened To My Productivity When I Started Eating Breakfast

I haven’t eaten breakfast in nearly five years. Turns out it might really be the most important meal of the day if you want to get work done.

Here’s What Happened To My Productivity When I Started Eating Breakfast

Vacation Season Is Winding Down, So It’s Time To Take a “Workcation”

A change of location can help you become hyperfocused on your goals.

Vacation Season Is Winding Down, So It’s Time To Take a “Workcation”

This Is The Only Type Of Brain Training That Works, According To Science

Most “brain training” programs are little more than memory games.

This Is The Only Type Of Brain Training That Works, According To Science

What Happened When I Ate The Best Brain Foods For A Week

This is what cutting out sugar and dairy and eating lots of fish and blueberries did to my productivity.

What Happened When I Ate The Best Brain Foods For A Week

These Five Bad Email Habits Are Why No One Gets Back To You On Time

Some of the most common email-writing tendencies might be slowing down response times.

These Five Bad Email Habits Are Why No One Gets Back To You On Time

Three Time Management Hacks For Fighting Boredom At Work

It might have less to do with the tasks your job involves than when you’re doing them.

Three Time Management Hacks For Fighting Boredom At Work

Yes, You Can Still Get Stuff Done With A Hands-Off Boss

There’s likely one of two reasons why your boss is keeping their distance. Here’s what to do in both situations.

Yes, You Can Still Get Stuff Done With A Hands-Off Boss

10 Tricks To Immediately Make Your Day More Productive

Spinning your wheels? Try these tried and true ways of getting more done–now.

10 Tricks To Immediately Make Your Day More Productive

Four Times You Shouldn’t Apologize (Including When It’s Your Fault)

You can show your emotional intelligence by finding solutions, not yet another “I’m sorry.”

Four Times You Shouldn’t Apologize (Including When It’s Your Fault)

How I Use Weekends And Mondays To Stay Productive (And Sane) All Week

One entrepreneur shares three habits that help him de-stress and stay focused.

How I Use Weekends And Mondays To Stay Productive (And Sane) All Week

The Real Reason Why You’re Easily Distracted Has Nothing To Do With Technology

The fact that your attention can get so easily pulled away might point to an internal struggle. Here’s how to figure out what’s really going on.

The Real Reason Why You’re Easily Distracted Has Nothing To Do With Technology

My Ambitious Personal Goal Cost Me My Job Performance

Luckily, everything got better.

My Ambitious Personal Goal Cost Me My Job Performance

Six Words And Phrases That Make Everyone Hate Working With You

Some of the most common expressions carry subtle undertones of resentment when you use them around the office.

Six Words And Phrases That Make Everyone Hate Working With You

Impact

How are people supposed to pay April rent if they lost their jobs due to coronavirus?

The planet is full of land holding ‘irrecoverable carbon’—and it’s at risk

How businesses could emerge better after COVID-19, according to B Lab

Creativity

The best coronavirus quarantine memes: We’re bored to the point of delirium

Getty Museum challenges quarantined people to recreate famous works of art, with hilarious results

Burger King France tweets out ‘recipe’ for homemade Whopper during quarantine

Co.Design

How to use your creativity to fight Covid-19, according to the UN

The real star of Andrew Cuomo’s press briefings? His PowerPoints

How to design a user-friendly COVID-19 test

Work Life

What our country can do now to support small businesses

A guide to navigating your career in the midst of a recession

Coronavirus is changing work forever. Here’s how to make ageism a thing of the past