Why working in short, focused bursts may be the simplest way to overcome procrastination and get important work ...

If you’re feeling stuck, just do this.

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. This summer, I reread the novel “Aurora,” by Kim Stanley Robinson, a science-fiction writer whom I ...

Small changes in routines can create significant improvements in how much gets accomplished in a day. Here, experts share 15 practical habits that can boost productivity and lead to better results in ...

While productivity strategies come and go, two stand out as both prominent yet often misunderstood: time blocking and task batching. On the surface, they seem similar. Both methods involve planning ...

Walk through any modern workplace—physical or virtual—and you’ll see the same pattern everywhere: email open, messaging apps blinking, meetings half-attended while documents are edited in the ...

Are you one of those who, like many others, takes pride in texting during meetings, talking on the phone while driving, or folding laundry while watching television – and considers it a superhuman ...

DJABAL CAMP, Chad - "I want to become a minister, Minister of Darfur." At 16 years of age, Farihalh makes it clear she has the ambition and will to be more than a refugee. Like most of her current ...

Only 2.5% of people can genuinely multitask. Here’s what science says it’s costing everyone else and how to get that focus ...