On average, Americans work 8.8 hours a day. This is undeniably the norm across most of the Western world. Most employers expect a 9-to-5 work schedule. However, you might be surprised to learn the traditional 9-to-5 workday doesn’t always work, and has actually been shown to be more inefficient than a less structured schedule. Despite […]
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Contrary to popular belief, fear isn’t the strongest motivator. 81 percent of respondents to Glassdoor’s Employee Appreciation Survey said they’re motivated to work harder when their boss shows appreciation for their work. In contrast, only 38 percent said they work harder when their boss is demanding. Just 37 percent said they work harder because they fear losing their job.
I see you over there. Yeah, you, scarfing that bag of peanuts and candy bar you got out of the vending machine, eating at your desk like 62 percent of Americans do. There’s a better way, OK? Take it from Ray Reddy, co-founder and CEO, and Robert Kim, co-founder and COO, of Ritual. Making lunch
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LG (KRX: 066570) has announced a new line of its light and thin Gram laptops. A Peek at the LG 2018 Gram Laptops LG claims that these state-of-the-art laptops (available in 13.3-, 14-, and 15-inch models) feature highly-efficient 72Wh battery life that allows you to work, on a single charge, for almost a full day. However,
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Want to raise successful kids? Richard Branson has a few ideas. He’s written at length about how important he thinks it is not to protect kids from their mistakes–to let them fail. But in a recent interview, he also says there’s something parents should definitely try to do if they want to spend time with their
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If you’re a small business owner, you should aim to work on your business instead of in it. What does this mean? Working in your business means you’re up to your elbows in the everyday mundane tasks of keeping your business running. In other words, too much of your time is spent on the details
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Many people fall unconsciously into a daily morning routine. They wake up groggy after going to bed too late, stumble through getting ready for the day, retain semi-consciousness during the commute…Then finally, arrive at work and go right to the kitchen to retrieve that morning elixir, that caffeine fix, that first cup of coffee. But
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As most of you know, WebDevStudios (WDS) is a 100% distributed company. We don’t have a brick and mortar office and we all call part of our homes our office. While this is great for a number of reasons, such as reduced overhead for the company and no commuting necessary for our employees, it does come with
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Growth is good and we all want to be part of a growing company. But there is a dark side; a year of late nights, working on weekends, always-being-connected can really take a toll on people–depleting energy and impacting wellbeing. Research shows that people who have more personal resources like hope, optimism, and resilience are
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In February of last year, Appcues – the user activation and onboarding tool developed by Jonathan Kim – closed a seed round of $2.5 million, thanks to investors like Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah. That’s on top of the company’s initial seed round of $1.2 million in 2014, bringing Appcues’s total funding to $3.7 million.
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