Distractions often kill productivity in the workplace. From social media notifications to chatty coworkers, staying focused and creative is difficult. As our friend Nir Eyal points out, becoming “indistractable” is a superpower, and indeed Nir invented […]
Inefficient work often looks productive because it looks like you’re being busy. And being busy is good, isn’t it? You’ve come to the office to work, after all. That means you’re supposed to be busy […]
In a world constantly pulling our attention in a thousand different directions, it’s a miracle we can accomplish anything. And a lot of times, we really aren’t doing meaningful work. The average American spends over […]
The way that I like thinking about microtasks in particular is that I would like to have a list of these available at my own disposal. Say that, well, I can access those at any […]
Ever since a jeweler in New York first came up with a “time recorder” in 1888, time has been seen as a measurable resource. As the traditional way of monitoring hours employees spent working, it […]
“I think it’s up to us as a society to figure out the way we want these tools to be used. At least in my personal experience, I think technology started out in a very […]
“So, what happens is because we are pre combining and creating amplitude modulations directly in our music, it actually skips your brainstem and goes right to your prefrontal cortex, where there is the greatest resolution, […]
Being your own boss is empowering and exciting, to say the least. The variation in work, room for growth, and freedom to self-determine the flow of your day and the times and places where you […]