Productivity

So what are you waiting for? The world is not going to come to you. There’s too many other qualified people. There’s way more effective ways to get things done that earn results. You can’t just sit around and function at lukewarm. Get inspired. Get fired up. Read More

How long is too long of a lunch break? For one company in Japan, it only takes starting your break three minutes early to get punished for being a habitually late worker. Read More

When you are at a loss at what to do with your life, you may have been given the well-intentioned advice to “just find your passion,” as if it is something you can just dig up from the ground. Now, new Stanford research explains why this can be bad advice. Read More

There are well-told stories about how and why old struggling companies have beat the odds and changed their cultures, practices, and products for the better — although it is important to remember that nothing life is permanent, so such successes are best viewed as temporary and precarious. Read More

In a series of studies soon to be published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, we found that consuming things in life in unconventional ways enhances enjoyment of them. This is where chopsticks come in. Read More

CEOs all like to think of themselves as good bosses, but the employees who work under their regime hear a different answer. Glassdoor’s new list of the best CEOs to work for in 2018 let the employees speak for themselves in their feedback. The annual approval rating scale is based on the insights of 40 … Read More

If you truly want to have a morning routine that really accomplishes something Laura Vanderkam, time management expert and author of “Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done” says this is the secret. Read More

While the path to the dream job and the dream person is quite similar, they start to become incompatible as you plan your wedding. Ask anyone who has balanced nuptial duties with a full-time gig and they’ll be quick to admit the stress of the period. Read More

A boss shouldn’t be preoccupied with whether other people love or hate them. Instead, leadership experts say, a boss should do the right thing for the organization. Their subordinates will likely respect them — and even love them — for that. Read More