Tag: Disruptions
Boost Productivity: Kill These 3 Distractions
Have you ever been behind your computer, working away in the zone, when you hear a little “blurp” from a Facebook notification on one of your open browser tabs? That’s the sound of DISTRACTION. It could be a notification for an email, your cell phone ringing or even someone walking by your desk toRead More
How to be Productive and Still Get 8 Hours Sleep
Yes, you read that right. Productive people sleep eight hours a day. They also watch tv, go to wine tastings and perform sun salutations in the morning. Productive people don’t have more hours in the day. Nor do they live perfect lives. What they do well is use their timeRead More
Do You Have an Intern from Hell?
Ah, summertime in the northern hemisphere! If your company takes on interns this is the time of year where you’ve got your share of college kids walking around the office in their only pair of crumpled slacks and inappropriate shoes. By the average office standards, my “intern shoes” weren’t exactlyRead More
Where Do You Work Best?
Some people need absolute, morgue-like silence to get real work done. Others are content to type away amidst chaos like chattering coworkers or screaming kids. As a work-at-home freelancer, I love being able to vary my work environment. It was tough when I had roommates who watched TV in myRead More
World Cup Productivity Watch
Except in the United States (for the most part), the World Cup is a huge deal. My brother, for example, works for an American multinational in Brazil and the company had to bring in TV sets for workers to watch games lest half the office be out sick on gameRead More
Multitasking: Friend or Foe?
Recently, Harvard Business Review blogger David Silverman wrote a piece in defense of multitasking. Studies have shown that constant computer use, jumping back and forth between email and news sites and Facebook can lower our attention spans, decrease our productivity, and stress us out. But Silverman argues that multitasking isRead More
iPhone 4 Adds New Features – and New Distractions
Editor’s Note: Peter North, one of WorkAwesome’s newest contributors, is at Apple’s WWDC all week. He’ll provide little snippets for our readers to digest over the course of the week – to pass on what Apple and its developer community has to offer in terms of making all of usRead More