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I’m A Night Owl (And Proud Of It)

Look, I’m a night owl – and proud of it. Why? Because despite having many say that my sleeping habits make me less likely to achieve I prove them wrong. I don’t just do that every once in a while. I do it every single day.

Diving Deeper Into Dropbox: The Ultimate Unofficial Dropbox Guide

I’ve been a Dropbox user for as long as I can remember. The thing is, I feel as if I’ve used it in the same way that I initially used Evernote – by throwing a lot at it and not necessarily organizing it while doing so. I know there’s a lot more Dropbox can do for me and my productivity. It’s time I start to make it happen and The Ultimate Unofficial Dropbox Guide is the key.

Practical Productivity: Personalize Your Own Process

The world of productivity is overflowing with amazing thinkers, innovative methods, and practical software tools. However, I believe the most effective solutions are often developed on a person-by-person basis, with productivity methods that are designed to suit your exact needs.

Planning a Productive Summer

It may not seem like planning a summer is the best way to enjoy summer, but planning ahead leads to a much more productive and fun summer for my family and me.

How Did Ben Franklin and Isaac Newton Accomplish the Work of 10 People? Rigorous Note Taking

Benjamin Franklin was nothing if not diversified in his talents. The Founding Father was a printer, scientist, inventor, diplomat, postmaster general, educator, philosopher, entrepreneur, library curator, and America’s first researcher to win an international scientific reputation for his studies in electrical theory. He even made contributions to knowledge of the Gulf Stream.

How did he do it? By keeping up a highly structured daily schedule and tracking the results.

Why Today Predicts Your Future

You have to act in a way that leads to being what you want. If you want to run, you run today. If you want to write, you write today. Whatever it is that you want to do, you have to do that thing.

The Climb: Why I’m Going Beyond Productivity

Whether you’re taking things to the next level at the office through a new initiative you’re in charge of, taking things to the next level by embarking on a new career path, or taking things to the next level by adding to your family or building a relationship with someone new you’re going to be scared. You’re going to have doubts. You’re going to want to turn back – even if only for a second.

But it’s not about what’s on the other side. It’s The Climb.

Outsourcing Services to Virtual Staff: Is It Worth It?

Any business, regardless of size or scale, will benefit from outsourcing services. This is especially true if you own a small business with tight budgets and limited access to capital. As a small business owner, you have to manage your costs in order to keep operations funded. Having tight funds will make it difficult to implement expansion programs. The focus of small business should not just be on cost reduction but on increasing savings as well. The best solution for small business owners is to outsource services to a virtual staff.