Summer Fridays: Better for Business?
Not many workplaces have "summer Fridays" -- that genteel tradition of closing down around lunch once a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day. According …Read More
Category Archives: Productivity
Cross Over to the Lark Side
The 6-hour flight to the west coast is always a pain, but it does have one huge upside. The 3-hour time difference means I pop …Read More
7 fire-starters for your campfire of ideas
Those of you with scouting careers likely remember the myriad tricks used to start campfires. I'm not talking matches -- I'm talking the things you …Read More
Are you sleeping with your iPhone?
(Laura's note: This guest post and interview from Maureen Mackey, a long time friend of this blog, originally ran in The Fiscal Times. It is …Read More
Are you bored with your job?
According to a spate of recent headlines, the dangerous epidemic of workplace boredom is stalking the cubicles of developed nations. According to one Gallup poll, …Read More
The Great Unsubscribe
Several weeks ago, I had a realization: I was spending a lot of time deleting email. Every day, I seemed to get dozens of unwanted …Read More
Could you take an email vacation…at work?
Going email free on weekends is a time management best practice. Every guru seems to agree that you should misplace the iPhone or Blackberry on …Read More
What I do before breakfast
My first official ebook, "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast," will be coming out on June 12. This is a new genre for …Read More
Merit badges and motivation
My column on "Why parenthood needs some merit badges" ran in USA Today yesterday. Some of the feedback I got was that rewards of any …Read More
Round-up: How much time do you waste deleting email?
I've been thinking a lot about email this week. I have had the same email address for many, many years, and over time, I've gotten …Read More