Distractions

Living

8 Ways to Reignite the Creative Spark When You're Feeling Burned Out

Taking a break, exercising and just plain old showing up every day are just a few things you can do to help rejuvenate the juices.

Making a Change

Add Self-Care and Positivity to Your To-Do List Every Day

When you do, you will increase the likelihood that you are more productive tomorrow.

Living

6 Ways to Wrest Back Control of Your Life From Your Cell Phone

People check their phones every ten minutes instead of paying attention to what they are doing.

Growing a Business

5 Ways Too Much Learning is Hurting Your Business

The key to success is not in the consumption of too much information but in the implementation of select knowledge.

Growing a Business

Quit Reading and Writing and Start Doing

You're very likely wasting your precious time on meaningless fluff when you should be working.

Productivity

Distractions Are the Enemy of Good: 3 Ways to Minimize Them

Have you tried 'blocking out' your day to cut out the noise, the texting, the TV?

Productivity

10 Ways to Kill the Distractions and Supercharge Your Productivity

It's easy to fool yourself about how much time you're wasting online. A few tweaks are all you need to end the delusion.

Thought Leaders

The Road to Success Is Boring. And That's OK.

To build an exciting business you need to complete about a million profoundly uninteresting tasks.

Productivity

Hey, You! Try These 5 Ideas to Stay Focused While Working Online.

Even in the most quiet of places our own technology seems to be working against us.

Thought Leaders

Priceless Words From the Founder of WordPress

Great advice on starting a business, from a guy who's been pretty successful himself.

Productivity

9 Practices at Home and Work That Increase Productivity

Increasing productivity has less to do with working longer hours than staying more focused and inspiring your team.

Social Media

5 Antidotes for Chronic Digital Distraction

Nobody can function in business without a smartphone but most could get more done if they paid it less attention.

领导

To Make Meetings Count, Don't Count Past One (Per Week)

One mandatory meeting a week, with a reliable structure and distractions like cell phones and laptops forbidden, can be amazingly productive.

Growing a Business

Why Successful People Never Bring Smartphones Into Meetings

Don't be that person.

Productivity

Are You Ready to Start Conquering Your Dangerous Addiction to Comfort?

Defeat procrastination right now, while reading this column.