How we feel about work—how productive we believe we are, whether we think we’re contributing positively to society, our morale at work—is heavily influenced by dozens of factors that are outside our control.… Read More How We Feel About Work Can Change Even When the Work Doesn’t
Regularly hearing that you’re doing a good job helps you to see why your work matters.… Read More The Power of Positive Feedback
The language focuses on the employee’s feelings and attitude rather than the quality of the leadership, which is usually the root cause of people feeling disengaged.… Read More Is ‘Employee Engagement’ a Joke?
It’s healthy to not love your job too much. So be careful of how much of yourself you put into your job. Because work will never love you back.… Read More Work Will Never Love You Back
Loyal workers are selectively and ironically targeted for exploitation.… Read More Loyalty at Work Makes You Exploitable, Study Finds
A new friend met up with my partner and me to walk around a man-made lake last weekend. We just moved to a new city, and she invited us out to show us what there is to do on the weekends. She showed up wearing a t-shirt that said, “You can always quit.” I’ve been… Read More You Can Always Quit
Many studies of what makes us productive boil down to these two things.… Read More The Happy Baby Theory of Productivity
Don’t waste your time improving your productivity in small ways when there are bigger gains to be had.… Read More Big Gains vs. Little Gains in Productivity
Naming the challenges we face while working remotely during a pandemic helps us cope and have empathy for others.… Read More 8 Things Affecting Work-From-Home Productivity During Covid-19
People don’t want productivity tips to make them more productive. By and large, they want them because they give the promise that you can be someone other than who you are now. The negative things you see in yourself can be washed away. That’s the promise, and it can be a moral trap. The more… Read More We Read Productivity Tips Because They Promise a Better Self
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