Category: Be More Productive

Be A Great Communicator

3 Things The Most Productive People Do Every Day

There were 5 goals I wanted to accomplish by the end of the year… and I only have 8 to go. It’s December. How are you doing in terms of what you wanted to achieve for 2021? It’s hard. I look at it like the “Zeno’s Paradox of Productivity”: feels like…


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Be More Productive

4 Things The Most Organized People Do Every Day

In 1930, famed economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that within a century nobody would work more than 15 hours a week… Yeah, I’m giggling too. He didn’t take into account that human desires just never level off. There’s always a shiny new thing to buy and always new Joneses to keep…


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Be Happier

This Is How To Never Be Bored Again: 4 Secrets From Research

Fixing the plumbing on a toilet is far from exciting. But Chris didn’t mind... But that’s probably because he was in outer space. It’s not a stretch to assume common household chores take on another level of interestingness when you’re on a space station. And so Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian…


12 minutes
Be More Productive

How To Stop Being Lazy And Get More Done – 5 Expert Tips

George was late again. It was 1939 and math PhD student George Dantzig arrived to find he had already missed much of the lecture. The two homework problems were already up on the chalkboard. He scribbled them down. But this day only got worse. When he got to work on the…


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Be More Productive

This Is How To Quit Bad Habits Without Willpower: 4 Secrets From Neuroscience

Why do we do the things we do? Aristotle said everything we do was in service of happiness. We weigh the options and pick the thing that is likely to make us happiest… Boy, was Aristotle wrong. Your brain just does not work like that. How many times a day do…


12 minutes
Be More Productive

This Is The #1 Ritual You Need To Do Every Day

Living a good life means managing your time. Problem is, we don’t understand time at all. Go ahead, explain time to me; I’ll wait. (Eric hums to himself and drums fingers on the tabletop.) Don’t blame yourself. To be fair, the nature of time has been a matter of some debate…


12 minutes
Be More Productive

6 Things The Most Productive People Do Every Day

In case you are just recently visiting Earth, well, things have changed slightly since 2019. (For the record, I checked and 2020 has a “no refund” policy.) Yes, of course, I’m talking about working from home. In the span of roughly two weeks in March, the number of people in the…


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Be A Great Communicator

New Neuroscience Reveals 5 Secrets That Will Make You Emotionally Intelligent

How are you feeling? These days it seems like there are only two answers: "Fine" and "Busy." After all, if you did say everything that's on your mind, you'd get strange looks from that barista for the rest of your life. And it's no better at work, where the room for legitimate…


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