Changes in methods of communication, which have become more immediate and direct by way of social media and networks, will increasingly change the way we work, and look for work, with today’s high-school students appearing to be well-equipped to negotiate future working environments.
One of their distinguishing characteristics is their extraordinary ability to multi-task and do [...]

All you need to know about being productive in four simple words.
… if however you were looking for slightly more advice on boosting motivation and productivity, then this should be helpful.

Freelancers Sacrifice Bigger Salaries to Work Alone. Yes, it might get lonely at times but the benefits of working in your own space are worth it, even if it might mean a reduction in income.

Is the Monday to Friday working week becoming an anachronism? Sure I can buy petrol, and shop at the supermarket 24/7, but is the concept of working nine-to-five, Monday to Friday, truly going the way of the dodo?
As I sat here trying to meet a deadline on Saturday afternoon, I noticed a number of [...]

From bio-violence, to workplaces, and overcrowding in major cities… some of these forecasts for the future make grim reading:
According to the researchers, everything you will do or say will be recorded by 2030. Within the next 10 years, humans will have nanoimplants ensuring that everyone is locked into the system and everyone will have a [...]

And following on from the workafrolic piece last week, comes news that hard working, conscientious people, may live a little longer than other people.
Why? Mainly because they are so busy working they have little time for excesses and taking life threatening risks.
Nearly 9,000 took part in the study to analyse personality and lifespan and lead [...]

Personally I am not in favour of hour long lunch breaks, which when they do happen here, seem to happen at about 4pm by the way, unless there is a particularly good reason to down tools for such a long time.
I’d rather work through, with a much shorter break, and finish up for the [...]

When back at school, and thinking about a career to pursue after I left (or trying to, I realise how futile that was now), I never really pictured myself holding down a nine-to-five job, as part of a cradle-to-grave career.
Actually I saw myself living life in some kind of (hedonistic) stasis such was my [...]

If you think distractions and procrastination are problems when you are working alone from home, see how you go getting any work done if you have a young family sharing the home workspace with you.
The most common complaints about working from home are family-created distractions and self distractions. The distractions I experience now, though, are [...]

Getting Things Started, or GTS, is Raj Dash’s alternative to David Allen’s GTD (Getting Things Done) time management system.
The principle is that if you don’t know where you’re going, you’re not going to get there. GTS is a relatively easy way to kickstart a project. That is, by realizing the source of your procrastination and [...]