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Use Work Breaks To Keep Up Connections
6:30AM Whitson Gordon | We all know that taking breaks from work is beneficial to productivity, but that doesn’t mean that your breaks themselves can’t be productive. Career weblog WorkAwesome suggests a few tips for keeping breaks productive without focusing on work. More »
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Better Posture Means More Energy At Work
4:00AM Sarah Rae Trover | The art of sitting or standing up straight might seem like something out of a 1950s etiquette class, but it actually plays an important role in staying energised and efficient throughout your day at the office. Here’s why: More »
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5:00AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac/Linux: Doit.im is a free, attractive, cross-platform task management application built on the principles of productivity guru David Allen’s Getting Things Done. It syncs to the web, it’s easy to use, and soon it’ll sync to your phone too. More »
Doit.im Is A Cross-Platform GTD Task Management App
5:00AM Adam Pash | Windows/Mac/Linux: Doit.im is a free, attractive, cross-platform task management application built on the principles of productivity guru David Allen’s Getting Things Done. It syncs to the web, it’s easy to use, and soon it’ll sync to your phone too. More »
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Distraction-Free Writing In Google Docs; No Add-Ons Necessary
12:30AM Jason Fitzpatrick | We’ve highlighted a variety of ways to create a distraction-free writing environment including altering Microsoft Word and running portable applications. This is much easier: open a Google Docs template and set your browser fullscreen. More »
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The Pomodoro Technique Fights Deadline Anxiety With A Timer
11:30PM Kevin Purdy | We’ve known for some time that working with timers can get help procrastinators jump past those imposing first steps. The Pomodoro Technique takes that further, offering a cyclical system aimed to beat deadline-related anxiety. More »
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Master Their Rules Of Engagement To Get On Well With Colleagues
5:30AM Azadeh Ensha | Part of a creating a copacetic work environment is learning to work well with colleagues. The real secret, according to BusinessWeek, is to ditch your expectations and accept that some people live by a very different set of rules. More »
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11:00AM Angus Kidman | We all want our work to be good, but when it comes to creative tasks like writing, producing something awful is often a great place to start. Having something to hate which you can edit is a lot better than having nothing at all. More »
Hating Your Work Gets You Started
11:00AM Angus Kidman | We all want our work to be good, but when it comes to creative tasks like writing, producing something awful is often a great place to start. Having something to hate which you can edit is a lot better than having nothing at all. More »
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Use Daily Cleaning Frenzies To Triage A Messy House
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | Work and other responsibilities can leave household chores off the must-do list. Rather than holding out until visitors or calamity demand too much work, try incorporating a daily “cleaning frenzy” before the situation gets dire. More »
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Focus Your To-Do List With A “Skydiving List”
8:00AM Azadeh Ensha | To-do lists may work for some, but for others they’re an overwhelming reminder of everything yet to be done. Fed up with his to-do list, Slate’s John Dickerson suggests “blow[ing] up” the to-do list and figuratively going skydiving instead. More »
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