Productivity can’t be reduced to time management. If that were the case, then more time at the office would always equate to getting more things done. But how often has a busy day left you feeling …
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Google calendar was designed for managers. Go to add an event and it defaults to a one-hour blocked appointment. This is how a manager fills a productive day. Meetings bump against each other …
Have you ever felt undeserving of an accomplishment? Or felt like you didn’t belong? There’s a name for this. It’s called the “imposter syndrome." It’s characterized by a pattern of self-doubt. …
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How did you show up to your meeting yesterday? Were you on time? Did you come prepared with questions to ask and ideas to contribute? Did you sit up and take notes? Or did you sit in the …
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“A sequence of actions regularly followed; a fixed program.” This is how Google defines a routine. Whether they are intentionally designed or habit by happenstance, we all have routines. They are …
I set a personal goal to read 30 books in 2018. It was an ambitious target for someone who didn’t consider himself much of a “reader". But on December 28, I finished This is Marketing by Seth Godin …
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What do you do when you have a question? You Google it. And you're not alone in the search. It's estimated that there are 63,000 Google searches performed every second, cumulating in nearly …
Settlers of Catan is my favorite board game. It presents the perfect combination of luck and strategy; honest trading and biased robbery; pure elation and eye-watering frustration. If you’re a …
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Have you ever noticed that your behavior changes slightly when you’re around different groups of people? You might be quiet and introspective around your family, but turn into a gregarious jokester …
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Making group decisions at work is rarely an easy task. Getting the right people together, building consensus, and communicating the decision are just a few pieces to an often difficult …
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