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I Done This BlogThe Science of Small WinsBlogInsideWorkshop3 Ways Productivity Increases When You Take Control of Your Health December 18, 2020 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment Productivity increases when you realize that “productivity” isn’t a goal; it’s a side effect of being a healthy and happy person.That means the root of the problem isn’t laziness or lack of motivation, but the certainty that we’re human beings and we run out of energy. Our bodies shut down when they’re not treated properly—as do our minds, our motivation, and our productivity.We’re going to offer a few tips on how to prioritize your health, boost your workplace productivity—and do it all without going completely bonkers.Continue ReadingFiled Under: Company Culture, Lifehacks, People Management, The Science of Productivity Tagged With: brain science, exercise benefits, exercising, health, increase productivity, journaling, mental health, Motivation, nature benefits, Productivity, productivity boost, science of productivity, wellnessUnlock Intrinsic Motivation to Inspire Your Salespeople October 30, 2020 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment If your best tried-and-true motivational techniques don’t seem to be working on the otherwise talented members of your sales team, you might want to try appealing to their intrinsic motivations.According to a recent survey, 95% of managers think money is the most motivating factor for employees. In fact, an adjacent survey of 12,000 employees found that emotional rewards led to greater performance.Not every salesperson is motivated by promotions and money, and using the same old motivations may unexpectedly fail. That doesn’t mean it’s time to look for a new hire — it means you’ll have to break out a different tool from your managerial toolbox.Continue ReadingFiled Under: Company Culture, People Management, The Progress Principle, The Science of Productivity Tagged With: Intrinsic Motivation, Productivity, sales motivationThe Science of Trust in the Workplace November 27, 2020 by Willa Rubin Leave a Comment Trust in the workplace doesn’t come from authority or job titles: there’s evidence that trust is a simple product of gratitude, validation, and understanding. And that this trust leads to greater efficiency, bonding, and the desire to please—all of which can improve and transform any workplace.A comprehensive 2017 study noted that verbal, expressed gratitude in 129 pairs of adults led to significant increases in oxytocin.(Source: Brain Facts) Oxytocin is released from the pituitary gland (in orange).Oxytocin is a hormone responsible for social and romantic bonding and creates a pleasurable sensation that comes to be associated with the person who triggers it.Wouldn’t it be nice if you could give some to your manager?Continue ReadingFiled Under: Company Culture, Remote Teams Tagged With: Autonomy at Work, Collaboration, Communication at Work, Intrinsic Motivation, Self-Reflection, Small Teams, trust in the workplaceWriting is Power: Supercharge Your Writing Process August 31, 2020 by I Done This Support 3 Comments We’re writing more than ever these days. Every day, you’re texting, emailing, and chatting. As many of us sit at our computers at work all day and our phones everywhere else in between, we’re writing.Successful leaders believe writing is a crucial ingredient of great work. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, for example, insists that writing replace other forms of communication to make the most of meetings. Instead of jumping straight into a conversation, or snoozing through bullet-pointed sentence fragments in a slideshow presentation, he requires his senior executives to write six-page narrative memos.He explains in a 2012 interview with Charlie Rose, “When you have to write your ideas out in complete sentences and complete paragraphs, it forces a deeper clarity of thinking.” In this age of knowledge work, we re hiring people to think and communicate those thoughts — which means people who can write have a leg up.Like most things worth doing, writing can be a chore. But the more fluent and practiced you become at thewriting process, the more you’ll be able to own your success.Continue ReadingFiled Under: The Science of Productivity Tagged With: blogging, Communication at Work, Self-Reflection, Work Engagement, writing tipsRemote Work is Here to Stay July 23, 2020 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment Remote work is increasing across the globe, in every industry that can manage it—and it isn’t just the pandemic that’s making it happen.Sure, the pandemic forced an increase in speed and breadth of adoption, but this snowball has been rolling down the hill for years. Employees expect more flexibility; employers need to prepare for a massive change in the average worker’s schedule, the likes of which haven’t been seen since the Industrial Revolution.Whether you’re a team leader, an investor, or a business owner, you have to understand this: Remote work is here to stay. And it can be very effective, too—especially with the use of tools to help you and your workers maximize their morale and production, no matter where they’re logging on from.Continue ReadingFiled Under: Company Culture, People Management, Remote Teams, The Science of Productivity Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-19, home office, pandemic, Productivity, productivity software, Remote Work, remote working, work from homeAsynchronous Communication Is The Future Of Work June 30, 2020 by Blake Thorne 5 Comments Whether you fear its impersonal nature or thinks its the best thing since streaming television, asynchronous communication is here to stayRemote work is rising and online education is becoming more accepted and commonplace, both due to changing attitudes and the pandemic. These factors are only going to increase the use of asynchronous communication to keep business, schools, and other organizations running smoothly when they no longer share the same space 100% of the timeBut what is asynchronous communication, and is it really better than synchronous communication?Continue ReadingFiled Under: Company Culture, Remote Teams Tagged With: asynch, Communication at Work, Management, Productivity, Remote Work3 Stages of Successful Team Bonding April 30, 2020 by Jonathan Figliolino Leave a Comment Your team won’t stay together just because they work together. If you don’t give your team a chance to bond, you’ll spend more time handling workplace drama and politics instead of getting work done. You can use team bonding activities to encourage cooperation outside of the office and strengthen workplace bonds.Team building helps everyone get to know and trust their fellow coworkers, but you don’t build trust overnight. Your team goes through gradual stages as they grow from a collection of strangers to efficient collaborators. Psychologist Bruce Tuckman’s team building model describes three stages — forming, norming, and performing—to show how teams can become more united over time.Continue ReadingFiled Under: People Management, The Science of Productivity Tagged With: Bonding, corporate volunteer programs, Goals, Management, Picnic, ProductivityEntrepreneurs Share the Only Thing that Matters April 14, 2020 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment The journey of the entrepreneur is to figure out what matters. We know that starting a company requires extreme focus and prioritization. We know that a focused culture can make an unbeatable team. We know that humility creates adaptability.But figuring that “one thing that matters” is no easy task. We have to navigate a jumble of possibilities and complexities of running a business, on top of the cottage industry of abundant, contradictory, and just plain bad business advice.These pieces are the thoughtful reflection of industry leaders on what matters, above all else, in building a successful company from scratch.Continue ReadingFiled Under: People Management, Startups Tagged With: Entrepreneurship, Focus on Work, StartupSo You re New to Remote Work March 24, 2020 by I Done This Support Leave a Comment COVID-19 quarantines and self-isolation have put millions of workers at home for the first time, trying to get remote work done while managing home life. It’s easy to struggle with communication and productivity when you’re trying to work from home. If you don’t have a dedicated office space in your home, you’re either being interrupted by roommates/family or getting distracted by all your toys and media. Plus, we tend to associate rooms with certain activities: the living room for leisure, the bedroom for sleeping, the dining room for eating and entertaining. When you start bringing work into those spaces, you can disrupt your usual patterns and make it difficult to “get in the zone.” We have a huge list of remote work tools and guides that can help you be productive, collaborate with colleagues, and even manage an entire remote team located anywhere in the world. Continue ReadingFiled Under: Remote Teams, The Science of Productivity Tagged With: track progress, work from homeBad Managers Talk, Good Managers Write March 9, 2020 by I Done This Support 13 Comments The exemplary manager is often shown as the outgoing guy that gives his team pep talks and high fives. In truth, though, that stereotype couldn’t be farther from the truth.To four highly effective, seasoned, and successful executives, being a good talker isn’t just overvalued, it can actually be detrimental. Rather, there’s a subtle, often-overlooked ability that’s one of the most vital skills you can have as a manager — the ability to write.Writing creates a permanent knowledge-base“Written communication to engineering is superior [to verbal communication] because it is more consistent across an entire product team, it is more lasting, it raises accountability.” —Ben Horowitz, Andreessen HorowitzWhen managers write, you create work product — white papers, product requirement documents, FAQs, presentations — that lasts and is accessible to everyone in the organization. From marketing to sales to QA to engineering, everyone has a single document off which they can work and consult.The upshot is that the manager also takes public responsibility for what happens when the rest of the team executes on the point of view taken by the documents. That ratchets up accountability through the organization.To Horowitz, author of Good Product Manager/Bad Product Manager, the distinction between written and verbal communication is stark and, in fact, it’s what separates the wheat from the chaff. Good managers want to be held accountable and aren’t looking for ways to weasel out of responsibility. And so, good managers write, while “[b]ad product managers voice their opinion verbally and lament … the ‘powers that be’.”Continue ReadingFiled Under: People Management Tagged With: Jeff Bezos, Management Writing, Self-Reflection12377Next Page Search I Done This BlogEasy Email UpdatesUnconventional and actionable insights on how to get more done, work happier and find success, delivered into your inbox daily.Leave this field empty if you're human: What you don t know about productivity and happiness, delivered to your inbox dailyUnconventional and actionable insights on how to get more done, work happier and find success, delivered into your inbox daily.Leave this field empty if you're human: Categories

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