All posts tagged "increase productivity"

Workstation decor: 10 ways to improve your work area

Whether you’re stuck in a cubicle at the office or work from home, your workspace is an area that should stimulate the flow of creativity and encourage productivity. Unfortunately, our workstations are, more often than...
Improving productivity when working from home

This guide outlines strategies for improving productivity while you are working from home or remotely. Working from home is a great way to benefit from convenience, simplicity, and flexibility. However, it can also have an...
Why you should always buy high-quality equipment

It’s tempting to cut costs when buying equipment, especially if you have a workshop business for which the fit-out components can be prohibitively expensive. But this is a false economy. Buying cheap equipment usually means...
Why unplugging is not enough: Productivity in the modern age

My background is philosophy and psychology with a specialization in cognitive science within the context of entrepreneurism and professional efficiency. There are thousands of articles that explore the topic of mental efficiency and professional productivity...
Productivity hacks when everybody keeps interrupting you

In our fast-paced, always-on world, interruptions and distractions are a fact of life. You’ll find plenty of advice about how to “manage” other people who interrupt you, but you’ll always be fighting a losing battle...
Psychologist explains the impact of overlooking barriers to female productivity

Workplaces are getting more equal, but there’s still a long way to go. Women face different challenges to men at work and are often disadvantaged because too many workplaces are designed by men as the...
In the business day, where are you wasting the most time?

Sadly, the answer may well be in a lot more places than you would like. In fact, time wastage, which essentially translates to money wastage in the long term is a problem both for the...
Improve your productivity no matter how busy you are

There is no getting away from just how busy some entrepreneurs can be. Even if you work from home on your own, you might end up with as big a to-do list as a fellow...