Researchers found that obese workers were less productive than workers who were fitter, both at work and because they missed days of work. What’s really causing it?… Read More Why Are Obese Workers Less Productive?
Pictures of adorable kittens, clips of your favorite comic doing a stand-up set, and even a little free chocolate can boost productivity. By how much? More than you probably think.… Read More Can Kittens, Comedy, and Chocolate Boost Productivity?
How does a death in the family or serious illness affect your personal productivity and effort? The answer, as well as how long the effects last, is surprising.… Read More How Much Does Trauma Decrease Productivity?
When we want to get work done, we usually try our best to focus and minimize interruptions. But some interruptions, under the right conditions, can actually help productivity without sacrificing quality. Researchers from The Netherlands and Russia (Zijlstra et al., 1999) ran an experiment where office workers completed a task in a simulated office environment.… Read More Interruptions Benefit Productivity, Study Shows
How many keyboard shortcuts do you know? How many do you use? How much more efficient and productive could you be if you learned and used them more? I’m a huge proponent of using keyboard shortcuts to increase productivity. Check out some of my favorite keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac, and some essential shortcuts… Read More Keyboard Shortcuts
Is what you think you know about personal productivity rooted in science? These six facts and myths might surprise you.… Read More 6 Facts and Myths About Productivity
How “aroused” do you have to be to get a job done well? “Aroused,” in this context, means incentivized or motivated, of course, not sexually aroused. Still, it’s an interesting question, and the answer could change how you get work done. Two researchers, Robert M. Yerkes and John D. Dodson, worked on this idea back… Read More Don’t Get Too Aroused or You Might Blow It!
When you’re having a truly unproductive day, it may be worth your while to quit and let that day go, rather than force yourself to try and eke something out of it. Here’s some interesting research that shows people are terrible at thinking about their productivity in the long term and instead focus too much… Read More Feeling Unproductive? Quitting Could Be the Best Option
We’ve all heard that not getting enough sleep is bad for our health and for productivity, but one study impresses just how bad. Sleeping only six hours per night, after time, makes you perform as if you hadn’t slept at all for the past two days, and the kicker is you don’t even realize it!… Read More Six Hours of Sleep is as Bad as None at All
Having a shitty weekend hurts your productivity come Monday morning. Two professors, Charlotte Fritz and Sabine Sonnentag, collected surveys from emergency service workers before, during, and after the weekend to try and analyze the effects of what happened over the weekend on their work performance, as well as their health. They looked at three things:… Read More Your Shitty Weekend is Ruining Your Productivity
