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- Why You Should Work from a Coffee Shop, Even When You Have an Office
It sounds counter-intuitive, but working at a bustling coffee shop can be less distracting than working in a quiet office. The change in environment also stimulates creativity, and chance encounters spark new ideas and connections.
In the following article from FastCompan...
- Putting It All Together: Kevin C. Ess
On a recent Monday, Kevin Ess found himself in the operating room helping guide a brain resection procedure for one of his patients with epilepsy. Earlier that day, he collected skin samples from two other children with a genetic form of epilepsy, then took them back to his lab ...
- Productivity Tip #1: Have More Meetings (But Keep Them Short)
Do your meetings take an hour to do what could've been accomplished in fifteen minutes? Do you look with dread at the colorful blocks on your Outlook calendar telling you your time is about to be wasted? Here are some ways to trim the fat and make meetings shorter and smart...
- Preparation Makes Perfect: Rizwan Hamid
"Why?” is Rizwan Hamid’s favorite question. Why does one sibling get high blood pressure while another with the same genetic background doesn’t? Why do people respond so differently to the same treatment for leukemia?
As a clinical geneticist, Dr. Hamid asks his why question...
- Do More Great Work
Ever wish you had a map to show you how to avoid unnecessary busywork and focus on the work you know you were meant to do? In this jam-packed little volume, Michael Bungay Stanier gives you just such a map--fifteen of them, in fact. His starting premise, that "busy" is not a me...
