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  • Productive happiness

    Do things that makes you happy everyday, since happy workers are 12% more productive.

    Related: Joy, Motivation, Time to flow

    → 10:38 AM, Jan 23
  • Responsiveness

    82% of knowledge workers check their email within the first 30 minutes of their day.

    Related: Frog eating, Deep work, Multitasking, Task switching

    → 6:00 PM, Jan 19
  • Standard work time

    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

    → 3:16 PM, Jan 10
  • Move fast

    Try to complete new tasks on the day you receive them.

    Related: Effectiveness, Impulse

    → 9:41 AM, Dec 22
  • Singletasking

    The human mind and brain lack the architecture to perform two or more tasks simultaneously.

    Related: Multitasking, Task switching, Attention residue, Deep work

    → 1:34 PM, Dec 19
  • Work about work

    Most professionals spend about 60% or their time on work about work.

    Related: Invest, Less meetings, Simplicity

    → 2:16 PM, Dec 15
  • Less meetings

    Professionals lose an average of three hours per week on unnecessary meetings.

    Related: Indifference, Work about work

    → 2:08 PM, Dec 15
  • 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, Standard work time

    → 6:54 PM, Nov 15
  • Private offices

    Employees with private offices have 70% more face to face interaction compared to workers in an open-plan workspace.

    Related: Open-plan workspace, Indifference

    → 5:04 PM, Oct 4
  • Hard work

    Long working hours negatively effect cognitive performance

    Related: Free time, Monthly map, Time to flow, Indifference, Boundaries

    → 4:37 PM, Aug 31
  • Open-plan workspace

    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

    → 3:50 PM, Aug 25
  • Mixing music

    Combine and massage instrument and vocal recordings to get a cohesive and clear sounding song

    → 3:43 PM, Aug 25
  • Eufriction

    Going slower can mean more thoughtful and better.

    Related: Effectiveness, Invest, Clutter, Reading is digesting

    → 5:39 PM, Jul 29
  • Brainstorm

    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

    → 5:20 PM, Jul 28
  • Attention residue

    A little bit of time pressure when working on your tasks will help reduce attention residue.

    Related: Task switching, Multitasking, Intention, Implementation intentions, Singletasking

    → 2:12 PM, Jul 25
  • Clutter

    Messy work environments have no effect on either creativity or executive functions.

    Related: Environment, Scatterfocus, Wandering mind, Systems maintenance, Pile email, Eufriction

    → 4:49 PM, Jul 7
  • Motive

    When capturing information, give context by specifying why this note is important.

    Related: Invest, Intention, Fleeting notes, Think

    → 3:54 PM, Jun 27
  • Background noise

    A moderate level of background noise enhances creativity.

    Related: Environment, Noise pollution

    → 7:07 PM, May 24
  • 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

    → 6:47 PM, May 24
  • Deep work

    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

    → 5:38 PM, May 20
  • Think

    Writing is the best medium for deep thinking.

    Related: Word choice, Originality, Walk, Reading is digesting, Motive

    → 4:59 PM, May 17
  • Mindset

    Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.

    Related: Productive stress, Self-talk

    → 4:45 PM, May 17
  • Daylight

    Work in a daylit workspace.

    Related: Environment

    → 5:58 PM, May 13
  • Workplace art

    Add some art to your workplace for reduced stress and increased creativity and productivity.

    Related: Inspiration, Environment, Wandering mind, Joy

    → 5:42 PM, May 13
  • Less mobile

    Reduce mobile phone use by one hour a day to improve life satisfaction, well-being and health.

    Related: Implementation intentions, Intention, Interruptions, Environment

    → 9:02 AM, May 10
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