Productivity

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A counterintuitive strategy may help you get more investors for your business John Anderer

A new study reports that modern investors prioritize transparency over unflinching positivity. Read More

Your brain prefers to add rather than subtract and why that could derail success CW Headley

A new study found human brains more often than not add an element when trying to improve a situation as opposed to subtracting. Read More

Advice

‘Use common sense’: 6 tips from Elon Musk to his employees to improve productivity Entrepreneur Staff

The tycoon’s advice is to ditch all those meetings or walk out, unless you are really providing value to the audience. Keep the rest brief. Read More

Productivity

These 4 smells will change your productivity Sara London

Is your productivity waning as the days and weeks go on? This is an easy way to change it — use the 4 smells, daily, to improve it. Read More

The Future of Work

This trendy remote work practice is killing productivity CW Headley

Somebody’s watching you. Read More

Advice

Use this Harvard-backed foolproof rule to boost your influence in any conversation Anouare Abdou

Do you want to boost your influence in any conversation you have? If you use this Harvard-backed, foolproof rule than you can. Read More

Health

The science-backed reason your perfectionism is making you anxious Kyle Schnitzer

A new study found that people with perfectionist cognitive behavior patterns contributed to post traumatic stress disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Read More

The Future of Work

We tried the new Zoom feature that makes you feel like you’re in the office again Kyle Schnitzer

The new feature — called “Immersive View” — makes the little square boxes of your colleagues a thing of the past by allowing hosts to arrange up to 25 participants together in one meeting environment. Read More

Productivity

You can’t do deep work for more than 4 hours per day Tim Denning

It’s true — you can’t do deep work for more than 4 hours per day. If you do, you’ll be depleted. Try doing this instead and see productivity rise. Read More

Must Reads

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The 12 best people to pick as job references

You want to pick people who have worked alongside you and think highly enough of you to sing your praises to a hiring manager.

I did 8 rounds of interviews and still didn’t get the job

“I’ve interviewed with Google twice now, and when people ask me why I don’t work there, I respond, ‘I can never seem to get past the eighth interview,’” says Steve Silberberg, who is now the founder of Fatpacking, a weight-loss backpacking company.

Myth busted: 5 ageism stereotypes that need to be broken

In the last few months, older social media personalities have been gaining traction on sites like Instagram, Twitter, and Tik Tock. They’re called Grandfluencers, and they’re here to debunk pervasive ageism myths….and make a little cash doing it.

The simple eye contact trick you should use in every conversation

“When two people are having a conversation, eye contact signals that shared attention is high —that they are in peak synchrony with one another.”

How to deal with ‘The Great Resignation’ when you are a manager

Managers are worried about maintaining the talent required to keep the doors open, but they are not asking the right questions.

The flu shot may protect you from severe COVID-19 infection

New research found that the flu vaccine may provide vital protection against COVID-19, reducing the risk of suffering severe infection, like stroke, sepsis, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

The best exercises for flabby arms — workouts you’ve never heard of

You can tone your arms with these five workouts, and we have video to show you the right form.

7 things you should never ask your boss

There are some things you should just not ask your boss — these 7 questions are things you should stay clear from in conversation.