...They’re not necessarily a warning that you’re failing to take care of yourself, or drowning in sleep debt. Sometimes they’re a sign that your mind is at peace, your body is at rest, and you’re lucky enough to have a half-hour to spare in the middle of the afternoon...
...If leaders take these practices seriously, they will be able to inculcate new norms much more quickly. Doing so is not only important for employee safety but for the health of your business...
...Footprints might be a fine compass, but they’re not much of a map. That’s on us...
...Be strategic, have a plan, and evolve...
...we are often terrible judges of our own work...
...The first and most important is probably that incentive structures should take the idea into account. This is a fairly intuitive (but often unrecognized) idea: Far-away rewards are much less motivating than near term ones...
...Trees that grow tall and live long grow slowly—especially at first—but then grow steadily. They may be underground a long time, and a vulnerable sapling for longer still, but like a good idea or a new habit, once the roots are in, they’re hard to dislodge...
...If your intranet has indeed become a junk drawer, use these tips. It’s never too late to pull items out, clean everything up, and start over. Your company — and your team — will thank you for it...
...There is a big difference between moving on and moving forward. The former means that you’ve slammed the door on the pain and frustration and, therefore, the lessons learned from your setback. That’s impossible and undesirable. Moving forward means you carry the full experience with you, painful loss alongside your hope for the future...
...But on the other hand, it could simply mean, “today is special.”...
...Before you invest your money by paying your own costs or footing the bill for a loved one to attend a particular college, understand that the responsibility for doing research and asking questions is on you...
...There is no limit on better. Talent is distributed unfairly, but there is no limit on how much we can improve what we start with...
...What's the healthiest way to make a fresh cup of coffee? A new study examining links between coffee brewing methods and risks of heart attacks and death has concluded that filtered brew is safest...
...We spend our days guessing how an action will impact the future, and we’re often wrong...
...Drinking water, occupying your brain with a hobby or craft, exercising or striking up a fun conversation with someone are all ways you can beat the boredom-hunger paradigm...
...If spending more time at home lately has you itching to travel, you’re not alone...
...Immediately move obligations out of your inbox and into role-specific repositories...
...By definition, the model for your problem, your organization, your opportunity–it’s not actually the thing being studied, it’s a simplified version of it...
...Running yourself...Running your team...
...Unfortunately, thanks to a host of disruptions and diversions, including electric lighting, cell phones and laptops, longer work hours, anxiety, alcohol, and caffeine use, about half of adults sleep less than seven hours a night...
