Posts archive: Productivity

In the search for ways of improving our time management and work speed, it’s easy to get too absorbed in our busy routines and not make time to reflect on our performance and results. But taking the time to pause and look at the bigger picture during a weekly review can take your productivity to […]

Productivity is often linked to following routines. It is an obvious match: the more you follow a standard set of habits, the more you’ll get better and faster at doing them. But following a daily pattern of habits and actions is not as simple as it’s said to be, and some people can have a […]

Remote work can be a dream come true for any professional seeking flexibility and balance in their life and career. But it can quickly become a nightmare if communication in the workplace is poor.  In a series of interviews conducted among remote workers in 2020, 88% declared that communication problems are one of the main […]

An average person spends around 30% of their days sleeping and 40% being unproductive. With roughly 7 hours left to tackle your tasks, it is not surprising that you always feel like you haven’t done enough. That happens because you’re not scheduling your day for maximum productivity.  Most people attribute productivity to sleeping less, working […]

Have you ever experienced situations where you feel overwhelmed due to large projects? Or do you feel like it’s better to do the tasks after some time? This is what procrastination feels like. In simple words, procrastination is the act of delaying the tasks of one’s own will and completing other unimportant tasks in the […]

Have you ever felt like you work too much but never get enough done? Or that the things you do get done are not as impactful as what you did not tackle? Such feeling is a direct consequence of replacing deep work with easy, low-impact tasks. In his book Deep Work: Rules For Focused Success […]

A developer’s job is hardly ever solely about coding.  In a single day, a developer might face several meetings to figure out what and how to code; they might also need some time to understand and debug existing code and will constantly review and test their codes, discussing what worked and what went wrong. If […]

You may know the feeling – you wake up to a busy day, with a long to-do list looming and no idea of how you’re going to get it all done. While it’s great to have a clear list of your tasks, without a plan it can just feel overwhelming. In the new working model […]

In another one-to-one session with our community members, I had the pleasure of interviewing Patrick Juan and hearing his insights on productivity for team managers and the future of work.  Patrick is the Head of Marketing and Operations at ACIT Global, an out-of-the-box network for scholars and experts worldwide. The initiative aims to spread free […]