Special Halloween Post One of the reasons I started Productivity Report was to look at the science behind productivity and figure out what we should do to change our behavior based on the findings to become more productive. And since it’s nearly Halloween, I wanted to share this gem of a quote I came across… Read More Diversify Your Trick-or-Treating Candy Haul, Productivity Researchers Say
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
Email is necessary for work, right? Most people make some kind of conciliatory case that doing email is somehow a productive task, even people who deplore email. Typically, however, email is related to work, but it’s not the real core work itself. It’s not the hard work that earns the money. And according to studies,… Read More Email Worse for Productivity Than Facebook
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 6 Hours of Sleep is Just as Bad for Your Productivity as Getting None at All
When it comes to managing work-life boundaries, don’t overthink it. Doing so could hurt your productivity. Those of us who care about maintaining a clear work-life balance usually create boundaries for ourselves. How we create and enforce those boundaries, however, and how much we think about them could be counter-productive. Recharge! Not everyone credits work-life… Read More Work-Life Boundaries: Don’t Overthink It
Does the quality of your vacation can affect your productivity? Research says it does, and in some very unexpected ways.… Read More Great Vacations Relieve Burnout, But Not For as Long as Crappy Vacations
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
Would you say that not getting enough sleep decreases productivity? Of course you would. We’ve all heard about the dangers of not getting enough sleep. Being excessively tired while driving could be as dangerous as driving while intoxicated. We’ve all read about how lack of sleep impairs our skills, and that lack of sleep doesn’t just… Read More Insomniacs Hurt the Bottom Line… by $3,156 per Year
Creativity has been shown to improve people’s lives. Having a creative outlet can boost our mood, keep us happy, help us relax, do wonders for mental health, and, as one study shows, make us better workers. Being creative outside of work improves productivity not only as we see it in ourselves, but also in how… Read More Creative Souls are Better Workers, True?
Habits are hard to form and difficult to break. Most people want to form good habits, such as exercising regularly, studying a language for 30 minutes a day, or making progress every week on a personal project. Wouldn’t life be easier if we knew how to stimulate or control habit formation for all the positive… Read More Can We Force Good Habits to Stick?
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