Whether you’re a manager, employee or entrepreneur, avoiding distraction and remaining focused during business hours is essential to your productivity and the value you can bring to an organization.

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Benjamin Franklin is best remembered as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, but he achieved much more in his lifetime. During Franklin’s 84 years alive, he invented the lightning rod, ...

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Edward Everett, former secretary of state and president of Harvard College, spoke for two hours before Abraham Lincoln’s three-minute Gettysburg Address. If the productivity lesson from this isn’t ...

With the shift to remote work during the pandemic, many workers settled into new routines—whether that meant doing more caretaking, balancing household responsibilities, or simply adjusting to a new ...

The global pandemic has upended our professional and personal lives over the past 30 months. We’ve gone from harried pre-pandemic days to more reflective days spent at home. In-person meetings, power ...

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The fall kicks in and there are usually a lot of changes to our routine at home and at work. Gone are the more relaxed days of summer, and we've added a few new demands on our time and attention.