What 17,600 Calories Has to Do With Your Productivity
Too distracted by political news to focus and get work done? It’s okay. I’ll tell you why. The answer starts with hot dogs.… Read More What 17,600 Calories Has to Do With Your Productivity
Is Any Advice About Sleep Actually Good?
Problems with sleep may be more like personality than a series of norms, so deeply rooted that much advice about sleep is irrelevant.… Read More Is Any Advice About Sleep Actually Good?
How to Change an Unproductive Habit
Want to improve your productivity? Make sure you can answer this question first.… Read More How to Change an Unproductive Habit
5 Unusual Ways Lack of Sleep Hurts Productivity
When we don’t get enough sleep, our productivity suffers not just because of how much less work we can tackle, but because our brains seem to go haywire in other ways. When sleep deprived, people tend to have worse judgment and decision-making skills, their ideas of risk change for the worse, and their creativity decreases,… Read More 5 Unusual Ways Lack of Sleep Hurts Productivity
How to Track Your Time
If you want to make the most of your time and be more productive, you have to start by analyzing how you spend your time currently. You can’t improve if you don’t know where you’re starting. Managing time is a balancing act. We all have a finite number of minutes in every hour, day, and… Read More How to Track Your Time
What the Most Productive People Do Before Breakfast Doesn’t Matter
What you do before work is not as important as why you do it.… Read More What the Most Productive People Do Before Breakfast Doesn’t Matter
Why Are You Procrastinating? It’s Not Lack of Motivation
A seemingly obvious reason we procrastinate is because we lack motivation. Current theories say it’s something else, though.… Read More Why Are You Procrastinating? It’s Not Lack of Motivation
In Search of Motivation
Motivation is a huge part of personal productivity. How can we get anything done at all if we are not driven to do it? In popular articles about motivation (and by “popular,” I mean non-research backed), the emphasis is on what you can do to increase your motivation. People want quick, actionable solutions. It makes… Read More In Search of Motivation
Why and How Time Off Helps
What happens when we take time off that allows us to feel renewed and able to work again? … Read More Why and How Time Off Helps
How Time Zones Botch Productivity
A short article in The Economist about problems with Spain’s work hours suggests that if the Spaniards were in the “right” time zone, according to GMT standards, its productivity would increase. Plenty of research in recent years shows that the later the sun sets, the lower the productivity of a place. Researchers in the U.S. and elsewhere… Read More How Time Zones Botch Productivity
