Switch to Paper and Pencil for Taking your Meeting Notes
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A series of studies have found that it is more effective and efficient to use good-old paper and pencil for taking notes in meetings.
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Email Checking Frequency and Stress
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A study found that reducing Email checking frequency results in lower levels of stress while still processing the same amount of Email in less time!
Read MoreYour Relationships with Your Phone: Who Has Control?
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Often, people fail to realize when they lose control of their lives to their phone, but after reading this article, you’ll know who has power; you or your phone.
Read MoreLearn How to Focus on your Tasks at Hand to Improve your Productivity
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Learning to focus your mind and attention to work on a single activity for an extended period takes persistence, patience, and consistent practice. But learning to focus is an important skill worth learning, and will greatly benefit your personal productivity.
Read MoreThe Tragedy of the Commons and Email Overload
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The “Tragedy of the Commons” refers to a famous essay that showed how the single-minded pursuit of an individual good or resource that is used and shared by many people can be destructive in the long-term. We are going to learn about the foundation of this idea, and how it can be applied to both the Digital world in general and the Email world in particular.
Recap of the Information Overload Day 2018 Webinar
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On October 22, 2018, the Information Overload Research Group held its annual “Information Overload Day”. This years’ session was entitled “Cognitive Science, Addiction, and Information Overload". Here is a summary of the key points from the presentations by the session's presenters.
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