We all know this and have heard it hundreds of times. To work efficiently we have to single task. No multitasking.And yet, we let it slip. We end up eating lunch in front of the TV with our laptop open. We browse Twitter and Facebook, whilst sending emails, and chatting in multiple Gchat windows too. When really we should be focusing on just that...
The value of note-taking–or notebooks at least–gets a stock market capitalization in the coming weeks with Moleskine’s planned IPO. The Italian stationery firm has boosted the profile of note-taking at companies around the world. But is all of the scribbling on nicely bound paper actually helping business people? And what are the best ways to use note-taking–in notebooks and on digital devices–to actually boost your productivity?...
“The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt,” wrote Sylvia Plath in her journal. And she couldn’t have been more accurate. Self-doubt can persuade us to stop creating or keep us from sending our work out into the world. It can be so influential that it colors how we see ourselves, ensuring we don’t pick up a pen, paintbrush, camera or other tool for decades....
Happiness–in your business life and your personal life–is often a matter of subtraction, not addition. Consider, for example, what happens when you stop doing the following 10 things: 1. Blaming. People make mistakes. Employees don’t meet your expectations. Vendors don’t deliver on time. So you blame them for your problems. But you’re also to blame. Maybe you didn’t provide enough training. Maybe you didn’t...
A hobbyist programmer proposed to his lady by creating an old-school Final Fantasy-style RPG where each boss dropped the keys to his heart. When it comes to marriage proposals, some people really go all out to create a memorable experience. One such is Alex Marchak. As both he and his lady love gaming — and since Marchak likes to tool around with programming in...
“Oh, I can’t draw.” This is invariably the thing I hear when I’m having a conversation with someone, probably in a work context, and probably with someone who’s trying to explain to me how something would work in their head that we’re going to try and build together. It’s what I hear when I ask them if they could sketch out the idea they’re...