14 Things You Could Be Doing During Your Lunch Break
2015-09-15
Your lunch break should be a sacred time. A time when you can step away from your almighty computer and pay homage to the holy pantheon of delicious lunch foods.
Feeling Unmotivated at Work? 7 Ways to Get Back in the Groove [Infographic]
2015-09-08
Do you ever find yourself struggling to feel motivated at work? Perhaps you’re bored or tired. Or maybe you just don’t see the point in what you’re doing.
It can be really hard to focus and get your work done — let alone do it well — when you’re feeling unmotivated. Luckily, though, there are things you can do about it.
Want Happier Employees? Focus on These 3 Things [Infographic]
2015-09-03
The smartest leaders in today’s workforce want to develop and maintain company cultures that attract and retain employees who are happy at work.
Being happy at work isn’t just good for the employees. It’s good for the company, too. After all, a study of 250,000 people found that happy employees tend to be healthier, more productive, have more energy, and maintain better relationships — with you, with their customers, and with each other.
6 Science-Backed Playlists for Improving Your Productivity
2015-08-28
When I first started at HubSpot I was welcomed with a fresh pair of orange headphones. Not to be dramatic or anything, but I was so excited you would have thought they handed me pure gold.
You might be thinking, “They’re just headphones. So what?”
Why Your Employees Are About to Quit (And What to Do About It)
2015-08-22
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Whenever someone quits their job, it can really shake up a team’s dynamics. Remaining employees might find themselves scrambling to cover the extra work for weeks or months until someone new gets hired. Even then, the onboarding process can take months.
Want to Boost Office Productivity? Start With These Break Room Hacks [Infographic]
2015-08-19
There’s more to productivity at work than blocking Facebook or only checking your email at certain intervals. It turns out that taking breaks — and I don’t just mean for lunch — can do wonders for your long-term focus.
That’s where your office’s break room comes in. But did you know that the atmosphere and contents of the break room can have an effect on the quality of these breaks?
How to Stop the Most Common Productivity Prohibitors [Infographic]
2015-08-11
A text here. A few emails there. Just 10 ( … or 30) minutes of surfing your favorite websites. Oh, everyone’s getting coffee? Wouldn’t want to miss out!
These workplace distractions are familiar to all of us. But when you add up the time you spend distracted, you start to realize just how much they cut into your productivity.
The Science of Sleep: What Happens During the 5 Stages of Your Sleep Cycle [Infographic]
2015-08-05
Until the 1950s, most people thought sleep was an entirely passive activity. Nowadays, we know that our brains are actually very active when we’re sleeping. In fact, neurons in our brain fire nearly as often when we’re asleep as when we’re awake — and they consume almost as much energy.
Why? Some scientists say it’s because neural circuits replay important memories when we sleep.
How to Work the Room at Your Next Networking Event [Infographic]
2015-08-01
This post originally appeared on HubSpot’s Sales blog. To read more content like this, subscribe to Sales.
Take a second to imagine a business event you attended recently.
When the keynote presentation ended, it’s likely that a majority of the vendors and attendees flocked to the nearest charging station, pulled out their tablets and pretended to look busy, or awkwardly huddled with their coworkers around the tall tables by the refreshments.
The 20 Best Sites for Wasting Time on the Internet
2015-07-31
There’s a lot of content out there about productivity — everything from hacks to shortcuts to tips and tricks for how to get more done in less time. It’s all about the sprint, the checking things off the lists as quickly as possible, and the downloading of software that’ll block out any and all distractions.
But what about those times when you just want to surf the internet aimlessly? Hey, no one can be totally productive all the time.
Type A vs. Type B: Does Personality Type Matter at Work?
2015-07-28
Organized, ambitious, competitive, and sometimes a little impatient. Laid-back, collaborative, creative, and sometimes a little messy. Does one of those sentences describe you better than the other?
Most of you probably already associate with either the “Type A” or the “Type B” personality. Or, perhaps you associate with both in different contexts — like those of us who schedule our time and write to-do lists like maniacs, and yet have never made our beds once in our lives.
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle: How to Use Business Byproducts to Create Growth Opportunities
2015-07-17
As a Yale Entrepreneurial Institute Venture Mentor, I have the privilege of working with some of the world’s most creative and inspiring future business leaders.
Currently, I’m mentoring a startup called Tuckerman & Co — a mission-driven clothing brand hell-bent on creating environmentally sustainable clothing to address the abundance of unnecessary waste in the textiles industry.
Why Individuals Slack Off When They’re Working on a Team
2015-07-15
At some point in your life, you’ve probably been on a team.
Whether it was a baseball team when you were growing up, a team of volunteers working to clean up a local community, or a marketing team working to support your sales department — it’s likely that you’ve experienced the feeling of strength in numbers. After all, everyone always says that the sum of a team is greater than any individual, right?
