Productive happiness
Do things that makes you happy everyday, since happy workers are 12% more productive.
Related: Joy, Motivation, Time to flow
Do things that makes you happy everyday, since happy workers are 12% more productive.
Related: Joy, Motivation, Time to flow
82% of knowledge workers check their email within the first 30 minutes of their day.
Related: Frog eating, Deep work, Multitasking, Task switching
Working outside standard work time undermines people’s intrinsic motivation for the job, since they they are more likely to consider how the day could have been spent better had they not worked.
Related: Motivation, Free time, Inspiration, Indifference, Boundaries
Try to complete new tasks on the day you receive them.
Related: Effectiveness, Impulse
The human mind and brain lack the architecture to perform two or more tasks simultaneously.
Related: Multitasking, Task switching, Attention residue, Deep work
Most professionals spend about 60% or their time on work about work.
Related: Invest, Less meetings, Simplicity
Professionals lose an average of three hours per week on unnecessary meetings.
Related: Indifference, Work about work
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, Standard work 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, Singletasking
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, Singletasking, Responsiveness
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