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

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Your phone, the apps you use and every website you visit are designed to capture and hold your attention. Consider the real reason you check your phone more than 150 times a day on average: It’s a principle called random rewards, and it also explains why people keep pulling a slot machine lever over and over. It’s the world we live in.

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12 Productivity Tools and Strategies to Help You Seize the Day

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You may be busy from the moment your alarm goes off in the morning until the time your head hits the pillow at night, but are you accomplishing anything meaningful toward the fulfillment of your goals? Read our favorites, and then feel free to join the discussion on Facebook or Twitter and share some of your own best practices.

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Why You’re Always Distracted from the Task at Hand

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For example, a common tip people cling to is, “Put your phone down most of the day, even while having dinner and right before bed.” The trick is knowing how to coexist with it all and still reach your goals. Years ago, Eyal came to work with a clear goal in mind. It was a phone call from mom that derailed the day.

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Why ‘Be Yourself’ Is Both the Best and Worst Advice You Can Get

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I usually just ask for a word of advice via email, but most of them talked to me on the phone and offered to read my essays and share feedback. In one of those preparation phone calls, one current student gave me this final piece of advice: “I know this may sound trite, but when it comes to your application, really be yourself.”.

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How Millbrook Companies Reinvented the In-Office Experience for Employees

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The space allows for privacy, with areas for people to “peel off” and take phone calls or do independent work, and collaboration, with larger areas for coming together. And when employees do decide to work there in person, Fisher says the goal is to capitalize on that face time together. So are sweatpants. 30 unveiling.

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Clean up the Clutter on Your Facebook Newsfeed - Productive.

Stephanie LH Calahan

  I use Facebook to build new relationships and reconnect with people.    If you are among the growing crowd of people that avoid Facebook because you just don't have timeor don't care to scroll through the myriad of games your friends are participating in, today I'll share how to get rid of the clutter. 

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The Mobility of Facebook: Social Networking on the Go

Andrea Kalli

Thankfully Facebook has taken pains to offer it to you: Facebook Mobile. Facebook takes advantage of this by allowing you to upload status updates or photos from any email account. Of course, if your mobile device has web access, you can access Facebook Mobile directly from your device’s web browser.

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