Productivity Bits

JUNE 16, 2016

These distractions also cause stress, which makes work even more unbearable. The key to getting work done is to decrease your stress, which can develop from a variety of situations — from issues in your personal life to your workload at the office. No matter where it comes from, though, stress hurts your productivity.

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Allwork

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But brain breaks can help to alleviate feelings of stress during the work day. They have the power to boost concentration , reduce stress , improve people’s perception of their work and even mitigate (to some extent) the negative physical effects of desk work. But it doesn’t come easy for the unpracticed.

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Productivityist

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

David Ly Khim is a growth marketer for Sidekick by HubSpot where he writes about email productivity. Email is a strange beast. These email principles will help you take control of your inbox and reduce the stress that comes with using time and energy effectively. If you respond to an email, archive it.

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Allwork

DECEMBER 17, 2023

There are some things organizations and employees need to think about before making it a staple of a project workflow. Some clients are even using training in generative AI as a retention perk to employees, showing them how they can use it to make their work lives less stressful.

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Success

MARCH 11, 2024

Aside from the traditional cold email and the less traditional direct message through X, formerly known as Twitter, Kimmel became a pro at hosting founder dinners early in her career. “If Starting a company is incredibly stressful, especially for the primary caregiver at home,” Kimmel says. “I

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Success

APRIL 12, 2023

In addition, “39% of employees were less stressed,” and employees reported better sleep , less anxiety and improved overall physical and mental health. Friday is usually the day we send out status update emails, leave open for last-minute meetings and use it as a catch-all for lingering projects,” he says. “So

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Success

JANUARY 23, 2023

For example, if you get too many emails, sit in too many meetings or spend too much time waiting for sign-offs, you can be left with little time to complete your tasks. If you’re stressed and stretched too thin with collaboration overload, you won’t be at your best. Then, the rest of the team could stay informed via email.

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Success

AUGUST 1, 2022

Stress about my lack of progress and make promises that tomorrow will be different. Here’s the thing: I only procrastinate on creative projects, such as writing. When it comes to assigning articles, writing emails or any number of other tasks, I’m an award-winning doer. Continue avoiding said writing. Rinse and repeat.

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Tips From T. Marie

AUGUST 7, 2023

From managing their calendars, emails, and travel arrangements to handling administrative tasks with precision, your efficiency, and professionalism will be in high demand. Remote Project Management: Leading Teams from Afar Your expertise in coordinating tasks and managing projects uniquely qualifies you to excel as a remote project manager.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 10, 2018

Scheduling a performance evaluation meeting and setting measurable goals can be stressful or even seem unproductive to some. The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity.

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Executive Leadership Support Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Offer to help put together the agenda for meetings, offer to tackle a project for a committee. Cultivating this relationship can relieve stress from your Chairperson and you will not only have a seat at the table, you can push your chair into the table and be ready to participate.

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Success

JANUARY 25, 2022

She runs courses in managing stress and creating joy. She’s also a speaker—you may have seen her TEDx Talk —and the author of The Awesome Human Project. How to manage stress better. What you can do is manage your brain’s response, so that you’re able to deal with stress and stressors without feeling so tense.

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Office Organization Success

JUNE 25, 2015

It’s getting harder and harder to get your subscribers to open your emails… Let alone read and act on them! As a result, business owners are seeing plummeting open rates for their email newsletters (ezines) … some email open rates are being reported as low as 8.6%. Television. Plan a solo mailing campaign.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 22, 2024

Emails containing images or videos are favoured nearly 50 percent over plain text. Nearly half of respondents (46 percent) indicated that unwanted interruptions more than six times a day reduced their productivity or increased their stress.

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Jen Lawrence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Unsurprisingly, email tends to be most workers’ biggest headache. Whether it’s a burning desire to document everything or senders just like the ease of email, we are inundated with messages at all hours of the day. However, some emails need a little more effort. How do we manage the chaos? What do you do then?

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Jen Lawrence

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Unsurprisingly, email tends to be most workers’ biggest headache. Whether it’s a burning desire to document everything or senders just like the ease of email, we are inundated with messages at all hours of the day. However, some emails need a little more effort. How do we manage the chaos? What do you do then?

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Allwork

MARCH 4, 2024

And I worked the majority of my career in talent acquisition, from recruiting roles to training recruiters, onboarding project recruiting, big focus on diversity, equity, inclusion. And you make note of that or hear comments of someone saying, man, I have 300 emails not even track. Sometimes stress comes out like this.

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On The Job

MARCH 22, 2021

There are millions of people searching for jobs right now, which can be a stressful time. But to add to that stress: scammers. Never sign up to pay a "fee" to stuff envelopes or do anything else like simply craft projects. When you're hunting for a job, to get an unsolicited recruitment email can be sort of exciting.

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Office Organization Success

AUGUST 5, 2013

If you’ve received one of those very desperate-sounding “if you want to continue to receive my emails, move me to the Primary tab” emails, then you’ll know exactly what I mean! Okay, so first let’s address those emails that have been sent out…. Many business owners (and email users in general) suffer from email overload.

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Allwork

JANUARY 24, 2024

For some, a series of email surprises, expensive and time-consuming. For those projects where we have shorter timelines or updating a current fit-out, we see the rise of multi-purpose spaces that support informal meetings, working and gatherings in the form of coworking lounges.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 31, 2010

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap 6 Secrets of Stress Management Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on May 31, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. As I’m sitting here, enjoying a coffee and taking it easy, I’m thinking about stress. We all have stress; there’s no way to avoid it. Thanks for visiting!

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Allwork

MARCH 15, 2024

Working at alternative work spaces outside of the standard home office can help provide greater opportunities for networking, improve creativity on projects, and even get you out of a work rut. Social interactions can also help alleviate feelings of isolation that some remote workers may be experiencing.

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On The Job

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Things got a bit easier once my kids decided to start sleeping, but that led to a host of other stresses as they grew: baseball and music practice, school projects, friends' birthday parties, etc. At the same time, my career was becoming busier and busier and I was taking on bigger projects. Among her suggestions: 1.

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Tips From T. Marie

APRIL 28, 2020

Increase in projects. This has given them an opportunity to work on projects they have put on back burners or pivot their business in such a way that embraces what could be our ‘new normal’. This has caused an issue I’ve never had a problem with before…more projects than available time in my schedule. Rising stress levels.

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Success

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Schwartz, founder and CEO of The Energy Project, advocates for a work style based on a series of sprints rather than a marathon. And when projects are likewise broken down into smaller chunks, you can maintain high levels of focus as you conquer interim challenges. expose the problems stemming from relentless hours at the desk.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

She’d made a small on-the-job error, and a library trustee known for her bullying manner sent a reprimand to Fanning’s personal email address, CC’ing it to the entire board. Fanning acknowledged the error, apologized and asked that work emails be sent only to her work address. The stress-reducing power of assertiveness.

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Office Dynamics

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I’ve found that when I write things down I’m not being distracted by emails popping up or different notifications. Also, I found that starting my to-do list first thing in the morning, before I check my emails, allows me to think about everything I have to get done for the day. Email Conversations. My highest recommendation).

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Office Dynamics

MAY 3, 2018

Unfortunately, burnout is real, it’s draining, emotional, stressful and typically affects both professional and personal lives. Collaboration and efficiency is enhanced when a team works together, even if not on a particular project, unity leads to productivity. Anticipate upcoming projects and deadlines.

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Success

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This is what we do: My husband monitors travel sites and email subscription services for super-cheap flights or error fares. And it makes sense: When you’re away from your daily to-do list and you know an auto-response is catching your emails, your perspective changes. You can see long-term projects in an all-new light.

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Success

AUGUST 14, 2021

Only my phone knew how many texts and emails awaited me. Studies have shown that mindfulness and meditation practices increase gray matter in the hippocampus (increasing memory and focus) and decrease gray matter in the amygdala (decreasing stress and anxiety). When it got stressful, I’d pick it up again. Hence my tears.

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Success

MARCH 17, 2022

If I didn’t nap in time, I would lie there forever missing important emails and sacrificing deadlines. Zhang says that will only make me more alert as stress hormones take over my body, negating the power of rest. The goal isn’t just to take a nap or actually sleep but to step away from stress and take a little mind break,” Zhang says.

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JULY 21, 2023

After giving birth, Frost passed on some of her responsibilities to her assistant, which included helping with emails, invoicing and research projects. This would help you to take that maternity leave without stress.” “I also took on additional work to help save more during pregnancy.”

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 21, 2022

When facing a stressful situation, writing about it will often help you reframe it to a more positive light. If I happen to be away from my desk when something comes up that should be added to my journal, I often take a digital note in the form of an email or a text message to myself. If I’m traveling, I take my notebook with me.

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Success

JANUARY 6, 2022

In her Achiever’s Exclusive interview with SUCCESS’ Madison Pieper, Kogan discusses the experiences that shape her work with her company, Happier, and the message of her forthcoming book, The Awesome Human Project: Break Free from Daily Burnout, Struggle Less, and Thrive More in Work and Life. “I The problem? Kogan says.

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JANUARY 7, 2023

According to a 2019 study published in Sleep Medicine , when night owls began to consistently shift their “sleep/wake timings” by two hours, they showed “significant improvements to self-reported depression and stress, as well as improved cognitive… performance measures,” among other benefits. The week already feels stressful.

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Office Dynamics

JULY 21, 2017

In a study done by the University of California Los Angeles, women who described their houses as cluttered, disorganized, disordered, or haphazard had daily patterns of the stress hormone cortisol that are normally associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue, and early mortality. Automate Email Organization.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 22, 2020

So, physiologically, we experience the stress response, even if the changes we’re experiencing are not immediately or imminently life threatening. Managing your stress in this time is especially important for your own health—and for the health of your loved ones as well. I’ll still wake up at 5:00 every morning. Believe me, I get it.

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