How Uncertainty Motivates Us
Not knowing what reward you might get for a task could encourage you more than a sure thing.… Read More How Uncertainty Motivates Us
Does Email Cause Stress?
People complain that email causes stress. But is there any scientific truth to the claim?… Read More Does Email Cause Stress?
Hack Your Productivity by Adding Signs to Your Workflow
By adding subtle road signs to your workflow, you can increase your productivity and free up some brain power for the hard work you need to do.… Read More Hack Your Productivity by Adding Signs to Your Workflow
Is Quitting Email Possible?
The advice to quit email, whether that means getting rid of all internal company email or just quitting your email application while you’re working, more often than not meets a harsh reply: “No. I can’t.” Is there evidence that the advice is any good in the first place? And more importantly, when people have given… Read More Is Quitting Email Possible?
What’s Wrong With Email Part 5: It’s the Wrong Tool
We use email all the time for jobs it was never designed to handle. Doing so creates additional work and adds to stress. How can we get ourselves out of this productivity pickle? … Read More What’s Wrong With Email Part 5: It’s the Wrong Tool
What’s Wrong With Email Part 4: False Sense of Urgency
Why is email such a headache? Email is consistently named one of the biggest distractions, an unproductive waste of time for knowledge workers, and a huge source of stress. In this special series on email and productivity, I’ve highlighted several major problems with email that cause workers to hate it so much. I’ve already noted… Read More What’s Wrong With Email Part 4: False Sense of Urgency
What Wrong With Email Part 3: We Check, But We Don’t Process
Workers check their email a lot, but they don’t necessarily do anything with the messages when they check them, which causes a big loss in productivity.… Read More What Wrong With Email Part 3: We Check, But We Don’t Process
What’s Wrong With Email? Part 2: We Get More Than We Give
With email, most people receive more than they send (Renaud, 2006). Take a minute to wrap your head around that fact, and think about whether it’s true for you. Now consider that new email messages are often obligations that carry a cost (as I noted in Part 1 of this series on email and productivity).… Read More What’s Wrong With Email? Part 2: We Get More Than We Give
What’s Wrong With Email? Part 1: Who Pays for Email?
Who pays the cost of email, not the financial costs of running and supporting email as a technology, but who pays in time and effort when an email is sent? Answering that question gives us better insight into what’s wrong with email that makes it a productivity killer.… Read More What’s Wrong With Email? Part 1: Who Pays for Email?
Lose Weight, Gain 24 Days of Productivity
Obese workers cost $42.29B in lost productivity. But how much personal productivity are they losing? And can they get it back?… Read More Lose Weight, Gain 24 Days of Productivity
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