Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

Prioritize your work by taking these 5 steps

Highly productive people don't get more done in less time. Instead, they focus their attention on the things that really matter: the things that are meaningful, contribute high value, and result in the highest impact.

More complicated isn't always better

Used tractors from the 1970s and 1980s are increasingly harder to find because they're selling so well. I swear I'm going somewhere with this.

3 ways to automate parenting duties without screen time

I have a friend who once said something like this to her daughter: "Would you like me to dedicate my limited memory to remembering your birthday or checking whether you've put on your socks and shoes each morning?" I laughed. But I also wanted to cry.

Use automation to stay organized and stress less at work

Let's face it: staying organized at work is hard. But it's one of the best ways to keep your stress levels down. After all, if you know where everything is, you're less likely to forget about tasks until the last minute or lose an important file.

How to stay productive during a crisis

You might be a productivity master under normal circumstances, but when a crisis hits, everything gets turned upside down. We're more distracted, have less time to focus on work, and are operating in a completely new context.

Pick one priority every week, and focus on it

Our CEO, Wade Foster, recently asked the entire company to choose a single priority every week and to focus primarily on that. I couldn't help but laugh.

How to bring joy into your work day

Remember the feeling you had as a kid holding a bunch of crayons in your hand or watching fireworks in the sky or blowing bubbles into the air? That's joy: a burst of intense positive emotion that makes you smile and even laugh.

How to be old in tech

I'm Lisa Smith, I'm an engineering manager for Zapier's developer platform, and I'm An Old. I've been working in tech since before there was a Google. In a previous life, I was a librarian. The kind that touches actual hard-copy books.

How to accomplish nothing and still feel exhausted

People ask me all the time: how do you manage to be constantly burnt out while also accomplishing very little? It's not easy. It takes years of concerted effort.

Use this tech trick to help you say no

It's tempting to say yes to every work request that comes your way—and that instinct makes sense. You might feel empathy for a coworker who needs your help. You might want to please the people paying your salary.