Starting the week off with inspiring stories from the business world seems like the perfect way to beat a case of the Mondays. * The highest-grossing restaurant in the U.S. was started in 1982 by a then-59-year-old. He is still reaping the rewards of his endeavor three decades later. [Forbes]...
In this inspiring and quite funny TED talk, positive psychologist Shawn Anchor shares his views on how happiness relates to productivity. Think about it: Instead of working to be happy, what if happiness was the basis of our life, and thus our work life? It sure would make life a...
Let's face it: we all occasionally get what I call a case of the f*ck-its. I've written about how to rebound from a serious case before; to supercharge your productivity even further, consider tracking your energy levels each hour of the workday for a week...
In this TED talk, Dan Pink gives a persuasive argument that might make you rethink the way managers should motivate. Here, traditional rewards are examined under the "surprising science of motivation." Dan Pink is a former speechwriter for Al Gore who left his "real" job to...
This ecard from someecards may be a bit dramatic, but it does highlight an essential point for a high-performance worker: context. It's tempting to overlook the big picture in favor of cranking out day-to-day work, but to save your sanity and preserve your productivity, you must have ample...
"There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas," says author and lecturer Susan Cain. With social media reinventing how companies do business and how employees are hired today, so-called "introverts" might be finding themselves feeling left out or disenchanted....
