Category: Tips

Why Working Less May Make You More Productive

Working long hours can be dangerous for mental and physical health. Overwork has been linked to everything from poor communication skills and decreased productivity to impaired sleep and depression. Yet despite this, employees are working more and longer hours. According to recent surveys, modern workers are putting in longer hours than at any time since statistics
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Peaks and troughs: what to do when work is quiet

Wherever you work, you’ll always encounter peaks and troughs. There are times when you’ll be working flat-out, starting early and finishing late; and periods of eery quiet, where clocking out early would seemingly make zero difference to anyone. It doesn’t matter if you work in an office, remotely or freelance – there will always be
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How to Prevent Burnout at Work (and What to Do If You’re Already in the Throes)

Our plugged-in lives make it easy to work anytime, anywhere … and difficult to mentally “clock out.” It’s no wonder that more and more people are succumbing to stress, overworking themselves until their personal wellbeing suffers. Enter the concept of “career burnout,” the rarely-talked-about condition that plagues young professionals, especially. And while it may seem
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How To Work Productively From Home

For some, the idea of home working may seem fantastic at first. You might have visions of rolling out of bed in your pyjamas, bleary-eyed and fuzzy-haired, just five glorious minutes before you start. Of only having to shift a mere few meters to a comfy couch, a well-stocked fridge, and maybe being able to
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