Everybody procrastinates from time to time, and most of us are always trying to find ways to procrastinate less. Procrastination is, for the most part, an inherently unproductive action. The basic idea is to avoid or delay a task, usually an unpleasant one, which hurts you in two main ways: You compromise your ability to […]
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Increasingly we are operating in complex workplaces where individual and collaborative work share blurred boundaries, and there is a constant barrage of emails and reminders pinging at us throughout the day. Sometimes it can become a bit too much, leading to frustration, loss of productivity, low morale, and even a complete burnout. As a business
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These days everyone loves to talk about “productivity hacks,” the simple habit changes, behaviors, or actions that can help you work more efficiently and/or get more done in the span of a day. It makes sense why they’re popular, since we’re all incredibly busy and eager to achieve more. But many articles strive to list
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Are you busy, or just busy bragging? You might feel personally attacked by this question, but it’s a legitimate one—and one that’s been on minds of most bosses in all industries, especially in the past couple of decades. According to one study of 10,000 adults across 28 different countries, 42% of adults admit to habitually
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We’ve all got our own favorite productivity tools, tips, and tricks that help us organize our task lists, assign projects, and manage deliverables. Today, there are more project management and productivity apps and software programs geared toward business owners than ever. Here, 10 entrepreneurs share the productivity tools they use to stay on top of
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Productivity is the secret to success, satisfaction in our work, and more free time. Yet most of us find that being productive incredibly difficult to achieve. This applies even more to business owners who have several people working underneath them and new projects happening all the time. With this in mind, it’s amazing to think
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Fitbit has discontinued their Fitbit One step trackers, which seems like a good opportunity to step back and reflect on wearing one for the last decade or so. I’ve enjoyed using Fitbit trackers, but the One devices seemed like they broke down way too often. I’m pretty proud that I ended up earning all the
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It’s funny how much time and energy and frustration I would have saved in my life had I been braver. Good thing I now know that the quickest route to having an unfair advantage over the seething masses is not in doubling my output or being busier or making more things to share, though these
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Microsoft Power Query is a useful tool to work with data inside of Microsoft Excel. It comes with a lot of features that make managing data sets simple yet powerful. Power Query is most useful when working with multiple sets of data, rather than just one. It acts as a bridge between sets of data
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