The Shit Sandwich and Other Terrible Ways to Give Feedback
Giving feedback is one of the manager's most important jobs yet most do it poorly. Here's how to do better than feeding your employees a shit sandwich.
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How to slow down time: The science behind stopping life from passing you by
Why does time seem to speed up as you age? It's all about perception. We've got scientifically backed tips about how to slow down time
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How to Keep Calm and Carry On When You Feel Ignored
When you feel ignored at work, step back and take a deep breath. Here's how to control your emotional response and refine your method of communication.
How to Do a Time and Motion Study to Make Real Change
A time and motion study can help you examine your life and make a real change. Here are concrete tips on how to do a personal time and motion study.
7 Lessons on Survivorship Bias that Will Help You Make Better Decisions
Everyone loves a survivor. We love watching movies like Gladiator, where a muscular Russell Crowe stands tall after defeating wave after wave of enemies. Sometimes, however, we concentrate on the fact of surviving and fixate on that, and overlook everything else. This is a well known cognitive bias that psychologists r
Why Your Brain Has a Negativity Bias and How to Fix It
This post was originally written in 2015 and has since been updated with new research, examples, and advice. Pretend you're a caveman.You're in your cave preparing for a hunt, but something outside seems dangerous. You hear violent sounds you don't understand.You have two choices: Skip the hunt, spend the night…
How Distractions At Work Take Up More Time Than You Think
Distractions at work take up more time than you think. On average, it takes 25 minutes to get back on task after a distraction.
“iDoneThis keeps me honest.” – Our Interview of Daniel Pink
Here at iDoneThis, we are huge fans of Daniel Pink, author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Drive. We admire his thought leadership on the changing world of work and are so excited that he records his daily accomplishments with iDoneThis. Below, we interviewed Dan on the important stuff – why he does what he does and [
“List Making is an Essential Human Activity” – and It’s Museum-worthy, Too!
"List Making is an Essential Human Activity" - and It's Museum-worthy, Too! Ever wondered whether or not list-making is for you? Well, The Morgan Library and Museum's current exhibit features lists - “lists of bills to pay, things undone, failings in oneself and others; lists of people to call, stuff…
Done Lists for Human and AI Work
Why logging completed work—by people and AI alike—may boost motivation, close cognitive loops, and build the accountability modern teams need.
Better Alternatives to the Feedback Sandwich
The feedback sandwich buries critical messages and erodes trust in praise. Here are evidence-backed alternatives that managers can use right away.
How to Slow Down Time at Work
Your workdays vanish because routine starves your brain of new memories. Here's the neuroscience behind reclaiming felt time — and four practical ways to do it.
401k vs. IRA: Which is right for you?
If you feel like you have to choose between a 401k and an IRA. The good news is we’ll help you decide which is right for you. Read this guide for more.
3 Psychological Traps that Keep Your Startup in the Trough of Sorrow
You're stuck in the trough of sorrow. No matter what you do, nothing in your company is improving. You look around you, and everyone you know is crushing it. Their companies are getting acquired, they're raising huge funding rounds, and they're announcing new product features that people love. But not…
5 Resolutions to Boost Your Team’s Productivity
Over time, teams develop bad habits that hurt productivity. They slowly stop adhering to processes. They let standards slide. They communicate less. What's worse is that as these bad habits creep in slowly over time, you can forget that your team is even doing them. Productivity suffers and no one…
5 Proven Strategies For Dealing With Difficult Coworkers
Dealing with difficult coworkers can really drain your productivity at work. Below are five proven strategies for dealing with difficult coworkers.
18 Best Places To Store Your Team’s Documents
Documentation is easy to mismanage and forget about when you're running a business. Here are 18 excellent tools for storing and managing team documents.
3 Ways Productivity Increases When You Take Control of Your Health
Don’t flog yourself worrying about being productive; don’t try to buckle down or grit your teeth and just push through. Worrying and failing, and worrying about failing all create stress, and stress is a killer of both motivation and, you know, people.
12 Business Psychology Books For Managers Who Want To Lead
Step away from your daily tasks and replenish your understanding of human behavior. With these business psychology books, you can go from manager to leader.
16 of the Best Task Management Tools for Getting More Done
Want to be more productive in a world of endless work? Try these 16 task management tools to make yourself more efficient and organized.
200 Business Applications For Your Relationship Stack
Our relationships with customers are more complex than ever before. Conversations start months before a purchase and continue for months afterwards. Our interactions span dozens of channels, from phone calls to email to live chat. Increasingly, customers have no single point of contact: marketers, sellers, developers,
25 Jason Fried Quotes That Will Make You More Productive
25 of the best quotes about productivity, focus, and work-life balance from Basecamp CEO Jason Fried.
20 Vetted Tools and Tips for Managing Time Zone Differences
With coworkers spread all over the world, it can be hard to keep track of time zones. Here are 15 tools for managing time zone differences.
3 Ways to Create a Culture of Documentation
At many companies, documentation isn’t a core part of their internal operations, but a laborious chore to be managed; a way to prove that a meeting or conversation took place, never to be looked at again. However, the most productive, successful teams recognize obsessive documentation for what it truly is—an opportunit