Coming home after a long day of work only to realize that you can fit in just a few short hours of sleep before you're due back in the office can lead anyone to feel anxious and depressed. A new study shows that income and socioeconomic status doesn&...
We know how much time, practice and dedication it takes to achieve mastery of any given skill. But there's another component to mastery that doesn't get the press and attention it deserves: rest. K. Anders Ericsson, a psychologist and professor at Florida State University, has conducted...
Older workers make more productive employees than their younger counterparts. A new study from the Brookings Institute says older workers are more productive because they make more money. The study looked at productivity in workers between the ages of 60 and 74 and compared them to those aged 25 to...
If you took the bus to school as a kid, it might have hurt you more than you realized. A Danish study found that kids who walk or bike to school have better concentration in the classroom. "As a third-grade pupil, if you exercise and bike to school, your...
There has been a debate among business leaders about the effectiveness of allowing employees to work from home for quite a while. A new study shows that people who work from home one to three days a week, or 'hybrid teleworkers', are more productive than those who work...
There are still some old-school thinking managers out there who frown upon their employees surfing the web at work. But, it turns out surfing the Internet at work can actually make you more productive. A 2011 study from the University of Singapore found that workers who took a few minutes...
