Why you get more done when you gamify your life
As a kid playing games, you didn’t stay up for hours because of the music, the graphics, or the storyline. Rather, it was because the games were so difficult that any kind of achievement...
Productivity
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4 science-backed methods to stop procrastinating
You have a huge deadline hanging over your head, and you know you should just get started but you can’t quite seem to stop procrastinating. Instead you answer a few emails, clean through your...
You are (as productive as) what you eat: how to make it through the workday
This morning, you woke up well-rested and ready to seize the day. You’re whistling on the way to work, already envisioning conquering that pesky project, saying something witty to the boss in the elevator...
The science behind sweden’s six-hour workday
This just in: 6 hours are better than 8. Wait, what?
Why you need to train your brain to be more productive
Humans have a self-destructive love for quick fixes. Is this you? You don’t spend time developing systems (snooze), but you do read “53749 tips to boost your productivity” articles. It makes sense; you want...
Why you open too many browser tabs and how to stop it
Are you a digital packrat? Specifically, are you the type of person that has 50 browser tabs open all the time? The top bar of your browser is so squished that you have memorized...
The invisible problem wrecking your productivity and how to stop it
In all of the myriad articles and advice on productivity, there is one evil lurking in our activities, one activity that when mastered, opens the door to potential productivity paradise. When it comes down...
