Think carefully and deeply. Your next move could be the last. The enemies are watching everything you’re doing and are ready to respond at any time.
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Simple ideas can change your life. If you are anything like me, you are always looking for the next best thing. And often, the best ideas come from industrie...
There is a note on my desk that reads “I survived another meeting that should have been an email.” I put that note there and yes, I hate meetings that ar...
The one thought that has kept me at ease these past few months is that I have progressively been grooming myself to make conscious life choices and in genera...
I have been a start-up girl for the longest time. I have worked with a whole bunch of dynamic people, those who are always sprinting, always busy and always ...
It’s that time of the year when we are looking back at all that we’ve done, achieved, and managed to make better in the year that just went by. And while...
Given I work with a pro-productivity and pro-smart work organization that is Brightpod, it is (now) second nature to me to look for ways to improve the way I...
It is no secret that writing is a great skill for a marketer to have. But, did you know that writing in a journal is one of the greatest productivity hacks y...
It was a regular Friday night in the winter of 2015. I was wrapping up my day’s work when my superior called me into a meeting room for a “quick chat”....
I remember my first day at a full-time desk job. It was with a young startup of 15 odd people. And my first week on the job was spent trying to figure out ho...
Earlier this month, I received an interesting email from my HR. She had scheduled two hours of yoga session for everyone on the evening of the forthcoming We...
I recently stumbled upon an article on the internet from way back in 2005. What caught my attention were the following lines:
Workers distracted by email and...
I have a colleague who is perpetually tired. She is married, 35 years of age, and juggles a pretty busy schedule at home and at work. She manages a team of f...
Everybody’s an expert today. We love to predict the unpredictable, extend many lengths of advices that are life changing in some quasi-significant way, and...
If you haven’t realized this already but we are living in a hyperconnected world. Us humans seek connections in more ways than we need and the only reason ...
A few years ago, neuro scientists took up the task of researching, in depth, the effects of melanopsin — a photoreceptor responsible for non-image form...
I wake up to 10 emails every morning and by the end of the day my inbox is treated to another 30. These are all sorts of emails — some are purely commu...
Look around you. How are people getting through their work day? Is someone taking regular 15-minute breaks away from his desk or is that someone by the white...
It is not uncommon for office employees and freelance workers to receive up to 100 e‑mails a day. In order to avoid staying after hours just to catch up wi...
A human being’s ability to do multiple things at once has been a thing of wonder forever. A modern-day man can listen to music on full-blast while he texts...
I have been a part of the digital marketing domain for almost 5 years now and I still get overwhelmed by the sheer scale and scope of technologies that canva...
By now you will have gauged our obsession with everything that has to do with productivity. In fact we try our best to be productive ourselves to keep bringi...
A marketer’s life is nothing but a big load of frenzy. A typical day for them is quite crazed, if you ask me — they answer a pool of emails that neve...
Now, I am sure I am not the only one who has hoped that there comes along an invention that will help me work smart, work fast and get things done on time (if not before time).
We love doing this series. And for good reason too. Quora has emerged as one of those platforms that allow for ‘openly sharing information and experiences...
Ask any entrepreneur, and you are guaranteed to stumble upon an exciting tidbit on how they kick start their day. Now these anecdotes may not be the most fascinating ones to consume, but they surely are worth paying attention to.
Surprisingly, for us internet savvy generation, it is pretty easy to get myopic with the medium. Given the sheer scale of the internet, there is so much to s...
As sad as it makes me to say this I have to admit that gone are the days when travel and work could be treated as two separate things. The need to be ‘acce...
I am no stranger to procrastination. I doubt myself more than I’d like to admit and often my staunch awareness of under performance can be astonishing (whe...
As much as I hate to admit it most of my professional time is used up trying to take care of the silliest of things. There’s a never-ending loop of interru...
It’s common knowledge that workaholics maintain a crazy schedule. They are always preoccupied with performing well and as long as they are able to meet the...
Ah, Gmail — love it or hate it, more than 500 million users worldwide and I all just cannot live without it. All it takes is a cursory search on Google...
Let’s be honest –there are no real hacks that will send your productivity levels sky-rocketing in a blink of an eye. However, these tips might give you j...
Hi, my name is Daniel, and I’m a recovering email addict. By this, I mean that I do email-related things that I know are incredibly unproductive, but I sti...
Nowadays, majority of discussion, both on important and trivial subject take place on internet and usually through e-mail. Everyone recognizes great advantag...
The way you start your day has a great impact on your productivity and efficiency. Due to busy and advanced lifestyle people generally sleep late in the nigh...
Multitasking has become a part of our lives. We are doing it all the time. Surfing, watching TV, reading newspapers and having our meal all at the same time...
Over the last year, I’ve found that Quora has emerged to be one of the foremost sources of information on the internet. I spend large chunks of time everyd...
Collaboration is the essence of business: it ties resources together, it allows for shared workflow, and it’s the secret of efficient business processes.
I recently came across this fantastic presentation by Etienne Garbugli which talks about 26 time management hacks he wishes he’d known about when he was 20...
Let’s face it. With all the posts, infographics, memes and cats on the internet, it sometimes takes nerves of steel to not open a new tab and lose track of...