You know large corporations benefit from their giving — here’s how you can too In 2015, Google gave $167.8 million to charity. Much of it went to a nonprofit that aids the poor, some to a school for the blind, and more to…
Evernote likes to call its popular note-taking app “your second brain,” and for my money that’s not far off as a productivity tool. As flexible as it is powerful, Evernote can be both a tremendous boon to a solo user’s personal…
If you read the earlier post I wrote about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, you know that, despite its popularity, I’m pretty skeptical of it as a diagnostic tool. And I’m not alone: an increasing consensus of psychologists criticize it…
It turns out that you really don’t have enough hours in the day to do everything you wish you could do. Even if there were enough hours, you’d be too tired to finish everything on your to-do list anyway. MORE: “How…
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, is one of the most popular personality tests around. The test classifies people as one of 16 personality types, broken down along four axes: extroverted/introverted, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling and judging (See the16 MBTI personality types in…
If you’re forever fighting your project management system, Kanban boards are worth a look. “Kanban” — Japanese for “visual signal” or “card” — are card- and column-based project management systems that offer a convenient way to keep teams abreast of…
Picture a windowless basement office lit with harsh fluorescent lighting. The walls and desks are gray and there are no potte plants or pictures on the walls. As it turns out, this type of office setting is beyond simply unpleasant…
“How can I best meet my customer’s needs?” This is the important question that ought to be in the mind of anyone proactively managing a business. To answer it, you need hard data on what those needs are. That data…
Working with a virtual assistant (VA) is a quick, cost-effective, and efficient way to free up some of your time. By offloading simple recurring tasks throughout the day, you can focus on what really drives your business forward. However, depending on how you approach…
No doubt – LinkedIn is a valuable tool. It’s a behemoth networking site with more than 546 million users, and it’s clearly cornered the work-related social media market. But there are hundreds of sites that offer some of what LinkedIn does, and…
