Articles tagged "Personal productivity"

How Your Mood in the Morning Affects Your Productivity All Day

Ever get up on the wrong side of the bed and feel like your whole day was ruined? It's not just you. Mood can definitely affect productivity.

The Mnemonic Imagery Game: How to Memorize Difficult Words in a New Language

Many languages are tricky for native English speakers to learn because of a thing called _grammatical gender. In English, you can swap most nouns for a different noun and the grammar stays intact.

Learn a New Language Faster with Google Images

Being able to fluently speak and write in a new language is a highly desirable skill--one that can not only increase your professional opportunities but also enhance your travels and conversations with more people.

Keystone Habits: Improve All Areas of Your Life with One Small Habit

Not all habits are created equal. Some will have a much bigger effect on your life. These "high return" habits are often called keystone habits, and if you're going to adopt only one new habit, it should be one of these.

5 Simple GTD® Alternatives That Will Help You Get All Your Tasks Done

GTD®, or Getting Things Done®, is a popular productivity system for managing your tasks and projects.

Become a Better Writer: Our Favorite Writing Apps and Tips

Maybe you have a novel or a series of short stories in you. Maybe you're an aspiring blogger or nonfiction author hoping for fame or fortune. Or maybe you just need to crank out TPS reports each week.

How to Master the Art of Listening

Listening is the unsung hero of communication. We love to praise great orators and recite lines from famous speeches, and rightly so. Words are powerful. But listening can be equally so.

How to Manage Your Productivity on Someone Else’s Schedule

There's a reason why movies like Office Space and shows like The Office are so popular.

Top 10 Tips and Tools for Managing Too Many Browser Tabs

How many tabs do you have open in your browser right now? If you said under ten or so, kudos--you probably don't have a tab problem.

The Science of Background Noise and the Best Sound Apps for Work, Sleep, and Relaxation

In our increasingly buzzing, dinging, horn-honking world, it can be really difficult to find a quiet space.