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Why Traveling the World Is the Best Investment in Yourself

Success

It seems ridiculous how his laissez-faire approach to any given day somehow results in eventual productivity. Together we’ve tracked down a lost laptop on a bus in the Irish countryside, figured out how to change a tire on a French minivan and found our way when we were dumped into the rippling masses of humanity in Tokyo’s city center.

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A look back at The Stoddart Review: the once and future guide to workplace productivity?

Workplace Insight

A Nicholas Bloom study from 2015 , before the Stoddart Review, also found that employees who opted into work-from-home policies saw a 13 percent lift in their productivity. While our emails and phones do follow us home, the lack of human interruptions and noise means the home working environment poses significantly fewer distractions.

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Ultimate travel itinerary

Practically Perfect PA

If they have a number of meetings in the city I include details on how to get from one meeting to the next so they know how long it takes and also the best way to travel. A small list of good restaurants close to the hotel or office. If your Director has a smart phone or tablet then do make use of online city guide apps.

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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

Far fewer employees have laptops (39 percent), mobile phones (40 percent) or tablet computers (13 percent) available to them at work. Create a workplace design that offers people choice and control over when and how to work. But the principles are universal. Here are seven ways in which you can address the engagement gap.

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Inside the Edinburgh PA Network

Practically Perfect PA

Meeting other assistants who work near by, who share the same suppliers, hotels, restaurants etc. I recently spoke at the Assist Conference in September 2015, and at Skyscanner’s Company Presentation in December to around 300 people. Sherien : I am sure I am with the millions when I say I can’t live without my phone.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

One afternoon, while mopping the floor, she overheard a phone call that left him in a terrible frown, Insurance asking for more money than he had, and her heart began to drown. Then, in 2015, fueled by the revelatory experience, he opened NeuroHope. The need is so great for people to learn how to give.”.

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How To Learn Something New Every Day (And Actually Do Something With It)

Productivityist

He previously taught you how to become an essentialist on Productivityist , and now he’s back to show you what to do with the extra time you saved there. Do you know how much information you consume every day? where to find new things to learn, every single day, how to consume them without going into overdrive.