At the end of each month, what are your employees taking home? A paycheque? Or a sense of accomplishment at a job well done? If it’s just the former – that’s a problem. Because despite conventional wisdom, what employees want […]
The alarm goes off. You wake up. You lie in bed contemplating the day ahead. What do you have to do? What new projects do you have planned? What gets you excited? Nothing. Today is a day like any other […]
If current research (including our own) tells us anything, it’s that freelancing is on the rise. Part of the phenomenon is due to economics forcing companies to downsize. But a healthy proportion of freelancers have actively chosen their lifestyle. The […]
It might seem strange for a networking app to give advice on how to declutter your contact list. You’d think we would want you to add as many people as possible. We talk often about how adding just one more […]
Between eating, sleeping, taking care of the family and the house, and miscellaneous chores like recycling and paying taxes, there are precious few hours in the day when you can dedicate to work – the kind of work that makes […]
Old magazines – check. Half-empty coffee cups – check. Complex maze of wires – check. Anything we forgot? Oh, how about some random paper clips, sales brochures, other people’s pens and maybe some pet toys thrown in for good measure? […]
It’s 7am. For early birds, this is prime productivity time. Brains are fresh, energy reserves are up, and you can’t wait to get stuck in the day. For night owls, this is the start of hell. With another 3 hours […]
The time-honoured tradition of scribbling a quick note in the palm of your hand has been replaced by the far neater and more durable Notes in your phone. But there’s something about making a To Do list on actual paper […]
Conventional wisdom would have us believe that in order to succeed in life, one must possess a college or university education. Only a higher education, we were told, can provide the means to a good life; a good life looking […]
It’s another beautiful day! The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and you’re ready to conquer the world. Well, step right up to your computer, good citizen, and let’s begin. But wait, what’s this…5837 messages in Inbox?! 669 new unread […]
Money makes the world go round (and this is how much of it you should be saving). We’ve probably all heard this old saying. But if you read the fine print, what money actually does is make the world go […]
Have you ever had one of those months when you feel flush, only to realise with dismay one day that your bank account isn’t quite as healthy as you thought? We’ve all been there. And one of the reasons is […]
We are surrounded by over 7.4 billion other people in the world, but most of us can count our friends on one hand. Widen the criteria to include potential friends and friendly acquaintances, and we might end up with a […]
Many of us stand in front of our fully-stocked wardrobe every morning and discover to our dismay that we have nothing to wear. Interestingly, the problem isn’t (as most of us think) because we don’t have enough clothes, it’s actually […]
If you’re one of those people who believe your best ideas come to you in the shower – you’re not alone. In fact, a recent study revealed that 72% of respondents believed that Shower Time was prime Thinking Time. That […]
You might have heard that you only have 7 seconds to make a good first impression. Much of that impression is made up of your appearance, your perceived confidence and competence, and your friendliness. What you might not know is […]
Several months after we wrote Part 1 of this post, we feel pretty smug about the fact that even the New York Times agrees with our views. Their article ‘Why you can’t really trust negative online reviews’ confirms much of […]
Since we’re all too busy too often, the modern working person has become a phenomenal multi-tasker: doing laundry while making dinner, putting the kids to bed while answering emails, getting our morning coffee while updating our social media, and of […]
Although physical piggy banks are now a whimsical thing of the past for most of us, the lesson they represent is more applicable than ever: regular saving is really really really important. But when people talk about saving as adults, […]
50% of UK workers set to freelance by 2020. It’s staggering to think that 50% of UK workers are set to freelance by 2020. And since we’re all about helping people find more opportunities in life, especially if this means […]
