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The Office Of The Future: How Workspaces Must Adapt For The Hybrid Era

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Offices should be designed to facilitate both team collaboration and individual concentration, with spaces like quiet zones and phone booths complementing group work areas. In addition to meeting rooms, offices should incorporate single-person phone booths offering the proper lighting, acoustics, ergonomics, ventilation, and adjustability.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

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I set daily alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t forget to sleep, or worse, make the mistake of oversleeping. The reality of napping is that the total “cost” of a quick one could be 50 minutes—20 minutes to reach sleep and 30 minutes to engage in sleep. I can feel the blue light from my phone threatening my sleep most nights.

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6 Commonly Overlooked Tax Deductions to Maximize Your Return

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We have so much love for taxes because we get to help filers maximize returns and learn about their finances. I recently learned that structures on my home office property including greenhouses are eligible for tax deductions,” she says. Through the U.S. I work from home and use my home garden for nutrition education a lot.

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Escape The Desk: The Ultimate List Of Inspiring, Free Places to Work Remotely — Parks, Coffee Shops, And More!

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Remote workers need to consider factors such as costs (e.g., coworking space fees, food costs), available amenities (like WiFi and printers), environmental control, and the balance between privacy and social interaction when selecting a non-home work location. Remote workers need to consider factors such as costs (e.g.,

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Liminal Space: Why This Period of Nothingness Is Critical to Being Present and Processing Your Thoughts

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As humans, we see things that hold uncertainty as bad, something to avoid at all costs,” he says, adding that we zoom around without much awareness or intention. One positive effect of commuting I was missing was time away from my phone just listening to music, which was recharging for me,” Cuthbert says. Keep moving, breathe deep.”

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Time Is Your Most Valuable Resource—Don’t Waste It

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Learning how to budget your attention is an essential skill in the Attention Economy. Your phone, the apps you use and every website you visit are designed to capture and hold your attention. Start by asking yourself a simple question: Do you use your phone as a tool to advance your goals and make money, or is your phone using you?

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5 Time Saving Tips for Home Businesses

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Learning to use your time wisely is super important. Set a time to make/take phone calls. Instead of answering the phone whenever it rings consider setting aside an hour or so each day specifically for taking and making phone calls. I’ve written before about how much time can be consumed in your day by a phone call.

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