Productivity Habits

Spoiler alert: The answer is yes – staying positive through the day is good for both your individual productivity and your company’s bottom line. Up until recently, we’ve had limited evidence about how staying positive at work can significantly boost your performance. Through the steady progress of positive psychology researchers and leaders in business who are constantly …Continue Reading

We all know what work stress feels like—the “I’ll never get this all done, what will my boss say to me now, I dreamt I was actually inside a spreadsheet” feelings. No matter how much you love your job, work stress symptoms can catch up to all of us.  So what can you do about work stress? Firstly, realize that you can do something about it, and no, it's not quitting your job. …Continue Reading

If you've ever spent more than a few hours in an office, caught a bad case of the Sunday Scaries, or been pulled down by negative vibes in your cube collective, you might want to ponder an attitude shift and consider how to be more positive at your job. Because we've all been stuck in the grind. You know—working for the weekend, nodding along in agreement during Office Space, …Continue Reading

Forget the coffee; we’re here to tell you that you that one of the best research-backed strategies for increasing productivity is to sleep. Skeptical? Just ask yourself this: Who do you trust more—friends and celebrities who humblebrag about how little sleep they can get while still kicking ass at work? Or scientists who heard those same stories and decided to put them to …Continue Reading

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about productivity? Success? Time-management? Steve Jobs? Vats of coffee? (Same.) Being productive means we’re meeting our goals and objectives for what needs to get done when it needs to get done. It means we feel in control. And on top of that, it means we’re doing our work efficiently and to a high quality, says Ted …Continue Reading