Boundaries
The expectation that you will always check your email outside of working hours is linked with negative health effects, relationship issues and anxiety
Related: Indifference, Work cycle, Hard work, Free time
The expectation that you will always check your email outside of working hours is linked with negative health effects, relationship issues and anxiety
Related: Indifference, Work cycle, Hard work, Free time
Employees with private offices have 70% more face to face interaction compared to workers in an open-plan workspace.
Related: Open-plan workspace, Indifference
Long working hours negatively effect cognitive performance
Related: Free time, Monthly map, Time to flow, Indifference, Boundaries
An open office is a short-term financial solution with huge intangible long-term costs.
Related: Deep work, Time to flow, Noise pollution, Indifference, Private offices
Combine and massage instrument and vocal recordings to get a cohesive and clear sounding song
Going slower can mean more thoughtful and better.
Related: Effectiveness, Invest, Clutter, Reading is digesting
To get the most and best ideas, have group members write down their ideas individually and then evaluate and elaborate these ideas in a group setting.
Related: Invest, Originality
A little bit of time pressure when working on your tasks will help reduce attention residue.
Related: Task switching, Multitasking, Intention, Implementation intentions
Messy work environments have no effect on either creativity or executive functions.
Related: Environment, Scatterfocus, Wandering mind, Systems maintenance, Pile email, Eufriction
When capturing information, give context by specifying why this note is important.
Related: Invest, Intention, Fleeting notes, Think
A moderate level of background noise enhances creativity.
Related: Environment, Noise pollution
An increase of 10 dB of noise in the workplace reduces detailed work productivity by 5%. Noise pollution doesn’t affect your effort, but does lower your ability to think, so you don’t notice the damage.
Related: Environment, Background noise, Open-plan office
Block two hours a day for important but non-urgent work to increase happiness and productivity.
Related: Work cycle, Time to flow, Implementation intentions, Intention, Open-plan office
Writing is the best medium for deep thinking.
Related: Word choice, Originality, Walk, Reading is digesting, Motive
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.
Related: Productive stress, Self-talk
Work in a daylit workspace.
Related: Environment
Add some art to your workplace for reduced stress and increased creativity and productivity.
Related: Inspiration, Environment, Wandering mind, Joy
Reduce mobile phone use by one hour a day to improve life satisfaction, well-being and health.
Related: Implementation intentions, Intention, Interruptions, Environment
A videoconference provokes a narrow focus on the screen, which hampers divergent thinking.
Related: Inspiration, Scatterfocus, Wandering mind
Sorting email into folders is a huge waste of time; use a single archive folder and search instead.
Related: Effectiveness, Clutter
Decision fatigue only affects people who believe that willpower runs out quickly.
Related: Productive stress, Intention
Keep essential information in your mind for fast access. You should not have to look it up.
Related: Getting things done, Tools for thought
Zoom prioritises refresh rate over resolution for camera streams, so presentations shared over a virtual camera are not as crisp as screen sharing.
Your own implementation is the correct way of doing GTD
Related: Getting things done, Effectiveness, Learn from the classics
Stress-free people have lower levels of cognitive functioning.
Related: Task switching, Cold showers, Willpower, Mindset