Today’s article is a guest post (a rarity)! The author, Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in southern New Hampshire and the author of three self-help books, including the recently-published Shortcuts to Inner Peace: 70 Simple Paths to Everyday Serenity. This book capitalizes on the ironic insight that most stressed-out [...]

Do you ever feel like you put in a busy 8 to 10 hour day, yet you have nothing to show for it? In my last blog post, I introduced one way to boost your productivity without upping your working hours: quit multitasking. Multitasking is neurologically less efficient than it seems to be [...]

In a 2006 Harvard Business Review article, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Carolyn Buck Luce wrote that the days of the 40-hour workweek are over and the 60-hour workweek is now commonplace. In their research, the authors found that 62% of high-earning individuals work over 50 hours a week and 35% put in over [...]

If you want to become a better leader, consider the concept of the limiting factor. Your limiting factor is the variable that prevents you from being better. I first heard of the concept of the limiting factor when reading about strength training. Your legs may be strong enough to lift a [...]

Professional networking isn’t just for entrepreneurs, salespeople, or people who are looking for work. The importance of having connections that span various companies, vocations, and industries is crucial for business, innovation, and your overall career.

But networking can feel excruciating for introverts, mostly because it feels so unnatural and forced. With learning and enough practice, though, [...]

Here’s a paradox for you. Working hard can actually decrease your productivity. You may have heard that multi-tasking doesn’t work. Well whether or not you personally find that to be true, it is a neurological fact that our brains do not function in a predictable manner like you might expect from a machine. [...]

People-pleasing can be a trap almost anyone can fall into. This is especially true during times of stress or economic uncertainty when there is an extra element of fear or insecurity in the workplace. We begin to think about others’ feelings, needs, and priorities before our own. We strive to go that extra mile, and [...]

We all know micromanaging is bad, either from personal experiences, or from the countless articles online that tell us so. I believe that nobody really wants to be a micromanager… in theory. But if you are very talented at what you do, it can be difficult to resist micromanaging in the day-to-day. [...]