The pre-mortem: imagine the project failed, before you begin
After a failure, everyone sees clearly what went wrong. What if we did this analysis before we started? That is the simple idea of the "pre-mortem".
Personal organisation
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Unfinished tasks that will not leave us alone, and why a short plan calms them
Do you find yourself thinking about an email you have not sent just when you are trying to concentrate on something else? Research shows that you do not need to finish the task to calm your mind. Often a plan is enough.
The power of small wins: the progress principle according to Teresa Amabile
What is the thing that makes people feel best and most motivated at work? Many managers think it is praise or rewards. The diaries of hundreds of employees showed something else.
Buying time: why money that saves hours can make us happier
We spend money on things, and often time to save money. A group of researchers asked the opposite question: are we more satisfied when we spend money to gain time?
The urgent and the important: why we choose the task that ends soon
An email that needs an answer today seems more important than the project that will change your year. A series of experiments showed that we tend to choose the urgent even when the important pays more.
The planning fallacy: why everything takes longer than we think
We know that past projects took longer than expected. Yet when we plan a new one, we are optimistic again. This error has a name and some simple remedies.
Work in blocks with short breaks: the Pomodoro technique and what science says
Why does one long hour of work often yield less than two half-hours with a break in between? The answer lies in how our attention gets used to things and tires.