How Long Should An Email Be?

Tips to keep emails efficient and effective since they are part of business workflows and are key elements to get things done!

5 Ways To Avoid Meetings Starting Late

People around a table ina corporate meeting

It is extremely frustrating that your daily productivity output is often measured by meetings being on time or not. If one meeting starts late, chances are everything will fall behind!

How the Business Can Stay Productive While Going On Vacation

Woman reading a book in a beach chair by the beach

It’s that time of the year again where you want to submit that leave request and along comes all those mixed feelings: part of you can’t wait for the feeling of hot sand between your toes and the other feels guilty for “abandoning” ship in the middle of a storm. Literally!

Say No, For Productivity Sake!

Hand holding NO sign with a megaphone pointing at sign

Saying NO takes skill and it has a direct impact in your ability to manage your time and you immediately have productivity gains.

I Got A Career Changing Tip Walking In A Coffee Shop For Directions!

Men readin in a coffeshop

There I was in Hampton train station in Melbourne, convinced I was in the right suburb for the house inspections that were going to happen for the day. I was a new migrant in Australia for a week and had to find a permanent place to stay quickly, as the day by day rent costs were absurd for a fresh grad!

I decided to go into a coffee shop and ask for directions and approached the first person that was sitting there.

“Excuse me, could you please point me in the right direction to this address?”, I asked a gentleman who was reading the newspaper.

Are you a real problem solver?

Lessons from Japanese Farmers

Back in the 70’s Japanese farmers faced a problem…

Producing watermelons had the challenge of storage since they take too much space, and easily get damaged in transport…

Anyone would drop this fruit and go to the next one but instead, these farmers came up with an idea: Planting the seeds inside a squared box to create a square watermelon!

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