Can Music Make You a Productivity Powerhouse?

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The best songs and playlists for getting stuff done. Whether you’re working nine to five or burning the midnight oil, a pair of headphones and a killer playlist may be the secret to getting more done, faster. Listening to music releases dopamine and serotonin into the brain, helping you relax and stay focused. Music has an energizing effect, so your […]

Rewire your brain to beat procrastination.

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Turn off the phone, tune into yourself, and be productive when it counts. Have you ever found yourself staring at your phone or laptop, mindlessly checking social media or going down an internet rabbit hole when you’re supposed to be doing something else? So have I. My name is Brian, and I’m addicted to information. More […]

Ordinary People Focus on the Outcome. Extraordinary People Focus On the Process.

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In his autobiography, Bryan Cranston (Walter White of the renowned Breaking Bad) described the lesson he learned that helped him go from an average actor to an extraordinary one. Here’s what he wrote: “Early in my career, I was always hustling. Doing commercials, guest-starring, auditioning like crazy. I was making a decent living…but I felt I […]

Why you shouldn’t tell people your goals.

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How many times have we sat in solitude and then…BOOM! inspiration ,a brilliant idea pops-up, a new goal, a new venture that you want to take on and you’re so excited because of these new insights that you want to share it with the world. Now if you’re anything like me, you probably want to get it […]

How email can actually enhance your productivity.

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Confession: I love email. It’s not exactly a popular opinion these days. As Don Norman said in a 2015 Fast Company story, “email is the office memo turned cancerous, extended to home and everyday life.” Google “I hate email” and you get everything from cartoons to blog posts to active Reddit threads. More drastically, some companies have […]

This Essential Experience Increases Your Confidence And Creative Ability.

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In 2007, I was 21 years old and I was sitting in Philly’s Pizza in Beverly Hills. I was on my lunch break. Every day I would get two slices of pepperoni and olives and read. That day it was a re-read, a chapter in 33 Strategies of War about the Battle of Marathon. There was a […]

10 Things The Corporate World *Didn’t* Teach Me.

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I’ve just left the corporate world. It’s been seven years and I don’t regret a single second of it. You’d think I would have learned everything there is to know about business in the corporate world. I didn’t. There were a lot of gaps which I luckily was able to fill in during my entrepreneur […]

Introvert or Extrovert? Here’s How to Boost Your Productivity.

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Why our personality types affect the way we work. As soon as you step into an office, it’s easy to see that each person has his or her own style of working. Some people naturally gravitate to others and always seem to be in groups. Others are much more efficient if they work at home or […]

Don’t Stop Procrastinating, Just Get Better at It.

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How to channel a bad habit into something that actually makes your life easier. If you ask Frank Partnoy, a professor at Berkeley Law School and the author of Wait: The Art and Science of Delay, procrastination has gotten a bad name. “The reality is everyone is procrastinating… all the time,” he says—himself included. Partnoy’s philosophy is this: […]

The truth about digital nomads (and working from the beach).

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Is 100 percent remote work really that great? This was it. Amir was ready to embark upon the journey of a lifetime. After breaking up with his girlfriend, he decided to trade the comfort of a traditional job for the thrill of remote work in Taiwan. Like many millennials, he felt disillusioned by the prospect of working for […]