How you know you’re in the flow
Time is elastic. Even if we think we’re busy, we often have hours that can be redeployed to other priorities if we wish.I was reminded …Read More
Category Archives: Productivity
The ultimate man cave? A home office
Laura's note: This piece originally ran at the Huffington Post for Father's Day in 2010 It's Father's Day this week, which means stores are bracing for …Read More
How Jane (or John!) works 55 hour weeks, and sees the kids
One reason, it’s said, that women don’t pursue “big” jobs is that “big” jobs leave no room for family. Even people with superb feminist credentials …Read More
Hollowing the stone: The art of sustainable progress
Normally, when we think of discipline, we envision the willpower to stick with difficult things when we’d rather quit. We keep waking up to run …Read More
Success at Work Challenge Week 6: Pay in
I’m trying to achieve success at work, and you can too! For the next 2 weeks, I’ll be running a #SuccessAtWork challenge on this blog. …Read More
The parent card: Is this really an issue?
In any given organization, some people are slackers. Others, perhaps, work hard, but don’t care about working visibly hard. Some people are more efficient than …Read More
Success at Work Challenge Week 5: Practice, practice, practice
I’m trying to achieve success at work, and you can too! For the next 3 weeks, I’ll be running a #SuccessAtWork challenge on this blog. …Read More
The dandelion project, and other time use studies
Given the passions that discussion of women, careers, and children seems to spark -- here and elsewhere! -- I’ve been thinking this topic could really …Read More
Success at Work Challenge Week 4: Know what is work
I’m trying to achieve success at work, and you can too! For the next 4 weeks, I’ll be running a #SuccessAtWork challenge on this blog. …Read More
Enjoy your productivity dividend
If you’ve been following this week’s #SuccessAtWork challenge, hopefully you’ve been making very short to-do lists. And hopefully you’ve been knocking everything off that you …Read More