Productivity

Jeff Bezos Says the 1-Hour Rule Makes Him Smarter. New Neuroscience Says He’s Right

Many CEOs, like Apple’s Tim Cook and Pepsi’s Indra Nooyi, boast about their hardcore morning routines. Not Jeff Bezos. The Amazon founder is famous for dedicating the first hours of the day to … puttering? Bezos’s no-screen morning routine Back in 2018, Bezos laid out his usual morning routine in a speech at the Economic Club of Washington. It includes reading the …

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Do Things You Can Sustain

In 1996, Southwest Airlines was faced with an interesting problem. During the previous decade, the airline company had methodically expanded from being a small regional carrier to one with a more national presence. And now, more than 100 cities were calling for Southwest to expand service to their location. At a time when many airline …

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You Won’t Stop Procrastinating Until You Follow These 5 Productivity Habits

Procrastination is common in life and business. Most people I talk to daily seem to be juggling many different tasks, which could lead to things being forgotten. In this article, I will focus on the reasons behind procrastination and outline five ways to boost your work productivity, with the ultimate goal of conquering procrastination. Too …

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How to Get Into a Flow State

The elimination of distraction and multitasking are crucial for triggering a flow state. The key experts on flow all recommend minimizing technology use and social media scrolling because they are highly distracting and send your brain in multiple directions at once. This is cognitively challenging yet unrewarding (Wilcox & Stephen, 2013). Distraction is the enemy …

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The 5-hour rule: How to turn a wasted day into a successful one

I like to make chit-chat now and then. One of my go-to conversation topics — most people’s go-to conversation topic — is TV. I might open with, “are you watching anything good at the moment?” This often opens a half-decent, mostly entertaining discussion. But sometimes, my opening salvo falls flat. The other person says something like, “Oh, …

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