The summer of summaries – How you can make reading fun while improving your focus and memory
Let’s try an experiment: Think of a really interesting non-fiction book you read a year or so ago. Maybe a Malcolm Gladwell or an Anthony Beevor? Are you thinking about it? Good. Now, think of how you would explain the key points of the ...
Meetings – Avoiding the biggest waste of work-time since Minesweeper
Pointless meetings have become the scourge of modern office life, depriving companies of valuable working time and people of valuable will to live. They are the knee-jerk response to any challenge we face at work: Whether the office needs re-decorating or the coffee machine ...
The inbox vs. the mailbox – How snail mail can show us the absurdity of our email habits
For better or worse, email was built on the concept of regular mail, so it shares a lot of characteristics with sending letters and opening mailboxes. Google tried to revamp this with Google Wave, but it seems people prefer their emails to work like ...
Less is more: How to maximize workouts with minimal gym time
Have you ever thought carefully about why you go to the gym? Maybe you like the way you look leaning against a treadmill? Maybe your goal is to be able to burst the buttons off your shirt just by flexing your pecs? Or maybe ...
Action Required: How to write awesome emails and save a ton of everybody’s time
Like it or not, email has become one of the most important communication tools in our lives, both at home and especially at work. Pictures of kittens, videos of drunken escapades, chain-letters about blind, one-legged orphans tied to elephants and sometimes actually relevant messages ...
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