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Tips and ideas on productivity, focus and better time management

Incentive Theory of Motivation: Definition, Characteristics, and Examples

Suppose you’re a student who wants to score an ‘A,’ or an employee striving to hit your sales targets. Why do you want to achieve your own goals? This question takes us to the incentive theory of motivation. This theory is a psychological concept about the way our behavior is motivated by the expectation of […]

How to Balance Life and Work from HomeHow to Balance Life and Work from Home

Finding the sweet spot between work and life is hard for anyone who works from home, but it’s even harder when you work from a home that’s suddenly become everyone else’s office too. Of course, remote work without boundaries can be a recipe for disaster, but boundaries, in the right places, can also facilitate an […]

How to Stay Focused in a Hybrid Work Environment

It would be great to wake up and choose whether to work at home or in an office. This decision, at the heart of hybrid workplaces, changed the approach to productivity. But with more and more businesses shifting to mobile working, the primary concern is maintaining and increasing efficiency. Hybrid work is a mindset that […]

Tips for Creating a Productive Learning Environment

What if you could enter a classroom filled with activity, not just in attendance but actively engaged in learning? This is where students from all walks of life gather to assist one another through their academic lives. This empowering, positive environment is not only possible, it is a key to learning. Building this sort of […]

The Top List of Adult Websites to Block

The internet is to kids as a drive-thru McDonald’s is to a parked school bus: just one more gravely overbalanced source of information, entertainment, and excitement. On the pro side, it’s there for the asking, 24/7. On the con: well, everything. The data is clear: adult content is everywhere. A study from the nonprofit child […]

List of Shopping Websites to Block for Better Productivity

Due to our life in a hyper-connected world, it is very easy to get lost in the flow of shopping opportunities that the Internet offers. We can spend hours looking at thousands of items and deals if we are not careful and lose valuable time and opportunities to get things done, especially at work or […]