Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

7 Ways to Kill Stress and Jumpstart Your Creativity

Conventional wisdom says that our boldest, most groundbreaking ideas come in crunch time.

Deep Work vs. Messy: How to Balance Productivity and Creativity

If only your office were quieter, if your colleagues would quit asking questions, if the phone would stop ringing. If only your desk were neater, your notebooks cleaner, your files a bit more organized.

What to Do When You Can't Get Things Done

Whether you carefully plan every task in a Getting Things Done list or scribble reminders to yourself on the back of an envelope, your goal is the same: You've got stuff that needs doing and you're trying to get yourself organized enough to do it.

The Power of Silence: Why You Need Less Noise for Work and Your Health

Shhh. Hear that? No? That's surprising. Odds are, you can hear something right now: A siren, the hum of a fan, the blur of background conversations, the ticking of a watch.

Quantified Self 101: 3 Steps to Using Your Personal Metrics for Self-Improvement

How do you define a productive day? How does your coworker define one? How about your mom? There’s no right answer. All of us have different goals, different work styles, different priorities.

How to Make Your Mondays More Productive (and Less Stressful)

Monday. It’s the day we all love to dread. Garfield famously hates Mondays, and if you want to have some fun with Urban Dictionary definitions, Monday is either "the biggest waste of exactly one-seventh of your life" or "the reason Sundays suck.

The Craftsman Approach: Master Your Work Through Deliberate Practice

In a PBS documentary on Viking swordsmithing, the world got a glimpse into deeply focused, masterful craftsmanship.

The Best Free Books from O'Reilly Press

It's not every day that you'll find a good new book to read and discover that it's free. The internet's filled with more text than anyone could possibly read in their lifetimes.

Sound Smarter with These Vocabulary Building Apps and Tips

Have you ever felt that high from finally employing a new, SAT-worthy word, matching it to the exact meaning you're trying to convey? It's like fitting the last piece into a jigsaw puzzle; there's something incredibly satisfying about using words well.

3 Free Apps That Make Time Blocking Easy

Time Blocking. It’s a simple productivity method—just schedule time to complete each your tasks, just like you’d schedule time for meetings. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most strategies difficult to actually implement in your daily life.