It’s easy to get distracted in the office. With emails, instant messages, cloud-based collaboration, noisy fax machines and chatty colleagues, finding the line between sanity and productivity can feel like walking a tightrope. In one survey, 70 percent of workers said they feel distracted when on the job. And 16 percent admitted to…
Your home influences your productivity more than you think
Working from home is a very popular modern phenomenon. People lean towards the freedom and this desired feeling of independence from the office cubicles. For too many years people didn’t have any alternative to the usual office work and had to follow the dress code, come to work at 9 AM and leave around 6…
How to Actually Manage Your Time…
People make intricate plans for diets, businesses, or world travel and, well, none of it happens. It’s a pleasant fantasy. If you want results instead of fantasies, the first step is to start executing. According to management guru Peter Drucker, execution starts by mastering your time. In this Better Humans post, Drucker’s time management method is…
Dealing With Employee Stress
Employee stress is a problem. For every employee. At every company. Stress naturally occurs in the workplace. When left unchecked, it can wreak havoc on employee health and productivity. In fact, stress has been associated with physical problems like a weakened immune system, stomach aches, high blood pressure, hair loss and headaches….
The Keys to a Productive Workday
As we blogged about in “The Perfect Amount of Time to Work Each Day,” the 8-hour workday is not necessarily completed with 8-hours of actual work. With distractions and low-energy times, we can all be guilty of wasting big blocks of our working hours. As Inc. reports, the average U.S. worker spends just 39…
The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply
In our recent survey, “Email” again reined supreme as the Top Time Killer. With Summer wrapping up, many of us are getting in our final vacations, which means we may have a scary amount of emails awaiting our return. Of course, you likely turn on an automatic Out-of-Office reply message which may stem the…
A List of Distractions
In our recently released list of the year’s Top Time Killers, we drew attention to the distractions that get between so many of us and an otherwise productive workday. Knowing what impedes us from being productive is vital to being able to better manage our time and get things done. Along comes this post…
Dear “I don’t have the time” people:
Dear “I don’t have the time” people: You actually have plenty of time. You just choose to use it differently. Saying “I don’t have the time to do something” is inaccurate at best, and at worst, a sign of weakness. Everyone has the same amount of time. How we choose to use it determines what we…
Time management doesn’t have to be complicated!
Time management doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, the more complicated we make our systems for managing and tracking time, the less we’ll be likely to stick with it. To help us get a grip on basic fundamentals of time management, we asked some questions of Clare Evans, Time Management and Productivity Coach and…
Getting Through a Busy Day With No Sleep
We all know the importance of getting a good night’s sleep. Lack of sleep can cause anxiety, irritability and affect your ability to retain information, all impairing your productivity. But as all busy entrepreneurs know, sometimes getting a full night of shut-eye just isn’t possible. This Entrepreneur Magazine article offers some tips for powering…