Women at Work

Your Monday Back-to-Work Motivation: Gender Equality Edition

This past Saturday’s global Women’s March left us with plenty to be inspired by, when it comes to gender equality. With so much out there in terms of signage, quotes, video, memes, gifs, stories, speeches, etc…etc…etc…out there in the stratosphere, we compiled some of our favorites to leave you feeling refreshed and ready to take over the world this week. Roar!

Productivity Planning When You Know You’re Overwhelmed

Last Saturday night I had a nightmare. I went to LA for a business trip and I spent hours trying to find my ticket home only to realize that I had never booked it. I woke up in a cold sweat. Once I collected myself – with the help of copious amounts of coffee – I made a triage list to get me through the week.

I’ve written in this blog before about my productivity methods and the personality tests I took to understand what I needed. I use a journal called the “Productivity Planner” and I time my work in Pomodoro intervals. My goal is to break everything down into simple tasks. Last week, I stopped doing that and not only did I have a much lower productivity rate, but my subconscious started to get overwhelmed.

So my advice to anyone who is feeling overwhelmed is simple: break everything down into tasks and set a Pomodoro timer. Then wait to see if you have dreams about whether you bought your tickets home – you won’t have them, at least not as often.