Was it tough to get up after daylight savings time? Even though it was Monday, was it tough to get through the day? You’re not alone. A new study looked at the number of workers “cyberloafing” (that was a new term for me, too, don’t worry). Cyberloafing is simply the act of people lounging around the internet, not doing much. …
Does remote working work?
By now, you’ve heard everything about remote working: The Zappos CEO doesn’t work from home. Yahoo! is no longer allowing remote workers. Best Buy, one of the innovators in a remote workforce, has revisited their work at home policy. Jason Fried preaches telecommuting more than a baptist preaching hell, fire and brimstone. Aetna swears by their telecommuting policy. Who is …
The Gmail productivity feature you don’t know about, but need – auto-advance
This little Gmail feature has increased my productivity incredibly over the past week. I’ve spent the past week trying to check email only a couple of times a day and this little feature is perfect. When you archive a message, instead of going to the inbox, it simply goes over to the next message. Remember: your inbox is NOT your to-do list. You …
3 ways to reclaim 520 hours every year
If you’re anything like me, you have to constantly struggle to keep up with the ever-changing technology world and social media. Here are a couple of new ways that I save time every day that add up to save me hours a week: Hello Launch Ticker, Goodbye Google Reader I realized, very quickly, that I could spend all day reading …
The “I don’t have time” myth
I hear it all the time: “I don’t have time to write.” “I don’t have time to workout.” “I don’t have time to eat healthy.” “I don’t have time to read.” I have one thing to say: BS! Wait…there is one thing that you don’t have time for. Bronchitis. Ain’t no body got time for that. 🙂 A new research study …
How to manage email in 6 easy steps
We all have a love-hate relationship with email. In fact, that relationship is scientific. It turns out that we all release a little bit of dopamine when we get a new email. It feels good, it’s addictive. Too many of us are addicted to email, hanging on until we get that next email, that next push notification, that next …