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1:14 AM EDT 10/17/2009
So long, farewell, and happy trails to all of you!Dear readers, Today marks the final installment of Team Taskmaster. I've enjoyed writing for you for the past year and a half, and as I've endeavored to share my insights and discoveries with you, I've also learned a lot along the way. I've seen that being effective at work is about more than ...
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7:30 AM EDT 10/14/2009
How to Make Your Meetings BetterMy top pet peeve is wasteful or inefficient meetings, especially when they start stacking up like planes on a congested runway. Here are a number of ways to escape from meeting hell and many any confabulation more fabulous.
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9:11 AM EDT 10/13/2009
The Best Ways to Kick Procrastination's Butt'm a fabulous procrastinator. In fact, that's probably at least in part why I chose journalism as a career: Without drop-dead deadlines looming over me, I'd never get any writing done. Since I recognize this tendency in myself, I'm also constantly on the lookout for ways to battle my "I'll get to it later" syndrome.
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4:49 PM EDT 10/12/2009
Hack Your Resume, Play Hard-to-Get, and Other Career AdviceFolks, I have an announcement to make: Team Taskmaster is taking its final bows this week. After a year and a half of sharing with you my take on productivity, leadership, and management, I've decided it's time for me to move on. But I don't want to leave you all high and dry, so for the next few...
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5:49 PM EDT 10/8/2009
Powermat: Efficiency Booster, or Useless Gizmo?Gizmodo had a post today about Powermat, a wireless charger for up to three electronic devices. I heard the buzz on this product while it was in development and was interested to see what kind of press its debut has been getting. Gizmodo's take? "Wireless charging is still in its infancy, but the...
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8:30 AM EDT 10/6/2009
Why We're Wired for ProcrastinationFood for thought: Your procrastination habit isn't your fault. Your brain is to blame. That's right -- we're hard-wired for it. That because our brains trick us into procrastinating, saysTimothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. Pychyl notes that five innate quirks of the brain (as described by David Rock, in a p...
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9:43 AM EDT 10/2/2009
Downward Dog, Upward ProductivityIf you see a co-worker in a neighboring cubicle contorting into a strange pose, relax. She's probably not having a convulsion. Rather, it's more likely that she has embraced the latest workplace stressbuster: yoga. A pilot study published in the journal Health Education & Behavior found that ...
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2:29 PM EDT 10/5/2009
9 Ways to Hack Your Brown-Bag LunchBringing your own lunch to work can get boring, if not downright tedious. But it doesn't have to be that way. Here are some ideas on how to hack your DIY lunch so your meal is a daily treat, not a trial.
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10:22 AM EDT 10/1/2009
Are the French More Productive Than Us?When it comes to our brethren in Europe, we tend to have a love-hate relationship with the French. I'm a Francophile myself, having lived in Paris once upon a time, but I have plenty of friends who jumped on the Freedom Fries train and consider the French to be rude, snobby, and generally insufferab...
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9:02 AM EDT 9/30/2009
9 Traits to Rocket You Through the RanksIf you're looking to get ahead in your career, you already know you need to bring solid skills and savvy to the table. But what really separates the go-getters from the complacent are the so-called soft skills: traits and qualities that make good people great. Amit Gupta, writing on Dumb Little M...
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