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How to give your team (and yourself) the time to thrive at the office We make choices, every day, about how to spend our time....

And how to try your own low-stress experiment In 2012, I realized I had a problem. My iPhone made me twitchy. It called to me...

Here’s what is really necessary for making good use of your time I’ve been sitting in front of computers since I was about 10 years old....

If you want to make time for things that matter, the Busy Bandwagon—our modern culture of constant busyness—will tell you the answer is to do...

While working at Google, I created something I called a design sprint: basically a workweek redesigned from the ground up. For five days, a team...

According to a 2016 study by the University of Michigan, Americans spend around eight hours in bed every night, as do folks in Britain, France,...

From the moment I clicked “Publish” two years ago, I’ve been uncomfortable with my post about ignoring the news. Not because it’s wrong, or because...

I am writing this on a Friday morning. Last night, I stayed out a little too late. I didn’t get enough sleep. I had one...

I’m a big fan of doing one thing at a time. This approach is powerful because, among other reasons, it works well at different “zoom...

I get stuck a lot. I get stuck writing, editing, making slides, doing designs, replying to email. I get stuck anytime I want to get...

Man, I hate to-do lists. Checking off finished tasks feels good, but the glow of accomplishment masks an ugly truth: Most to-dos are just reactions...

Is it possible that wasting time can actually be a good use of time? A few weeks back, I was talking with my friend Nick...