Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

A week with no meetings

Zapier's first "get stuff done" week gave us thousands of hours back for impactful work. 

The ultimate guide to building a LinkedIn presence

Here's the nitty-gritty on how I leveled up my LinkedIn game (and, by extension, my career) and how you can too. 

How I use my devices' built-in automation tools for work-life balance

I use the built-in automation tools on my phone and computer to help me maintain a work-life balance and stay productive. Here's how.

7 sustainability tips for office workers who want to go green

What can office workers do to make their work sustainable? I asked around to see what workers and employers are doing to go green in the digital world—here's what I learned.

How a weekly Zoom call with a friend motivates me to read widely

Reading widely is personally gratifying and can make you a more well-rounded person, but it can also help with your career. Here's why.

Why employers should embrace quiet quitting

The framing of it makes it feel like you're getting away with something—like you've discovered the next great life hack. It's no wonder it's become the buzzword-du-jour.

How to be clever

Cleverness is not a measure of your intelligence. It's your ability to see the world in a new way, and relate that to others.

How to build your own Slack bot

Slackbots are handy robot assistants that hang out in Slack, wait for commands, then find or create the thing you need. You can build a Slackbot right now, in just a few minutes, without any code.

Work how you want to: How to challenge outdated workplace norms

In a lot of ways, we're still working like it's 2019. We're clinging to old work norms that, even in the before times, were already outdated.

Some tasks belong on your calendar, not your to-do list

I'm guessing there's some psychological or economic phenomenon that explains this (commitment device comes to mind), but here's why putting some tasks on my calendar works for me.