Productivity is generally thought of in terms of, “How do I get more done?” If we’re lucky, we work in teams and environments where that perspective is at least softened by combining it with a measure of efficiency or impact, but even then we don’t fully escape the rat-race-like pursuitContinue Reading
Last night, I began to read an excellent novel right before I went to bed. The plot twists! The engaging dialogue! The cliffhangers! It was a great read. But when I finally went to put the book down two hours later, I was completely wired and nowhere near sleep, andContinue Reading
Coming up with fresh, new ideas isn’t easy. And when your job requires churning them out on a daily basis, it can be easy to hit a wall. (Not to mention frustrating.)
That’s why brainstorming sessions can be so helpful. But, as many of you probably know by experience, some brainstorming sessions are more productive than others.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m not the most together person in the world.
I eat three meals a day, but one of them is usually takeout. I hit snooze so often it should be considered a nap. And I definitely don’t drink enough water. But I imagine I’m not alone.
The last time I made an appearance here on the HubSpot Marketing Blog, I wasn’t shy about my love of experiments. At the same time, I wasn’t shy in my sense that, all too often, they’re conducted for the wrong reasons. We talked about how the purpose of online experimentsContinue Reading
Just a short while ago, robots were the stuff of fiction. Sure, artificially intelligent beings graced movie screens and the pages of novels, but the robot revolution hadn’t arrived yet. Maybe in another few decades, along with flying cars. But the truth is, artificial intelligence is already here, and youContinue Reading
It was halftime during one of my 7th grade football games. And we were losing 14 – 0. With our knees planted in the grass, my team was quietly huddled, drenched in sweat and defeat. We all knew the game was over. That’s when our assistant coach bursted through ourContinue Reading
When I was a sophomore in college, I developed a terrible addiction to Facebook. By the time finals week arrived, I couldn’t go 30 minutes without a dose of dog videos. I was officially distracted. And after a week of all-nighters, I realized my attention span was inferior to aContinue Reading
Not long after I first started at HubSpot, I was welcomed with a fresh pair of orange, noise-canceling headphones. At the time, I had no clue that these headphones would carry me through many long work days and some of the deepest, darkest levels of writer’s block. Over two yearsContinue Reading
Did you know that the average technology user in the United States spends nearly 11 hours per day looking at screens? Sure, a lot of that time is spent at work on computers and mobile devices, but the rest of it is spent at home. And as it turns out, exposureContinue Reading
I will never forget the day I learned that watching cat videos is proven to enhance your mood. Even to a bonafide dog person, the news was good. In a study conducted at Indiana University Bloomington, participants reported “fewer negative emotions, such as anxiety, annoyance and sadness, after watching cat-related online mediaContinue Reading
If you’re a lover of sleeping in and staying up late like I am, titles such as the ones below might stress you out. “The Morning Habits of 5 Fortune 500 CEOs” “Why These Startup Founders Swear by Exercising in the Morning” “Train Yourself to Be a Morning Person” ToContinue Reading
After working in my role here at HubSpot for almost eight months now, I’ve started to go into autopilot when I turn on my computer every morning. I open up my email app, my calendar app, my organization and productivity app, my grammar-checking app, my note-taking app, my analytics tool,Continue Reading
Every company has a culture, much like every individual has a personality. And like a personality, a company’s culture can develop organically over time. Or, it can be purposefully molded, shaped using specific values and practices to achieve a particular goal, like productivity. This article is about the latter. It’sContinue Reading