Habits: Page 3

Productivity

This Bad Work Habit Is Stealing a Shocking 72 Days of Your Time Per Year

Here's how to recognize if you're guilty — and reclaim those precious days.

By Aytekin Tank

Productivity

Employees Check Their Emails 36 Times An Hour — Here Are 5 Proven Tips to Get That Time Back.

The idea of "inbox zero" is much more than a myth — it's doable.

Thought Leaders

The 5 Bad Habits of High-Achieving Entrepreneurs

What got you initial traction and success may be what leads you to chronic stress, overwhelm and burnout as your business grows. Watch out for these five warning signs.

Thought Leaders

Malcolm Gladwell Says It Takes 10,000 Hours to Master a Skill — But That's Wrong. Here's How to Quickly Learn Something New.

Strategies for accelerating your learning curve with deliberate practice techniques.

Leadership

5 Books That Will Change The Way You Think About Being an Effective Leader

Want to improve the way you lead? Learn from those who blazed the trails you hope to follow.

Growing a Business

This Ancient Ritual Is Key to How I Run a Company of 500 People. Harvard Research Shows Why.

Rituals are underrated ways to keep people connected.

Fundraising

Stop Saying 'I'm Bad at Remembering Names.' Use These Simple Tips to Break the Bad Habit Once and For All.

Many of us have experienced what it's like to learn someone's name and forget it just minutes later. Here's how to finally remember names.

Growing a Business

How to Actually Show Up in Your Personal and Professional Life

Showing up to maintain good habits means you consistently do what you can. That doesn't mean always — It means regularly.

Thought Leaders

You'll Never Achieve Work-Life Balance — and You Shouldn't, Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Says

Take a peek inside the serial entrepreneur and investor's routine on the road and at home — and see how he navigates all of his responsibilities ahead of the birth of his second child with Serena Williams.

Productivity

Tap Into the 5 Senses to Supercharge Your Work Productivity

Cognitive triggers help you achieve greater focus and efficiency.

Leadership

I Was a Dishwasher — Now I'm a CEO. Here are 6 Ways the Roles Are More Alike Than You Would Think

Day after day, I realize that I'm using the skills I learned there, applying the lessons I gleaned there and performing many of the same functions I undertook there. Just how are the roles similar?