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What Is a Business Operating System? A Company’s Outline

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What is a business operating system? How does accountability improve a company? Claire Hughes Johnson notes that your operating system—the set of underlying norms that outline how your company functions—allows your company to function effectively. She discusses three subsystems that are essential to your operating system: constructing strategy, ensuring accountability, and fostering communication. Here’s more on the three subsystems of a business operating system.

How to Mentor Employees: 2 Approaches for Great Advisors

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Do you know how to mentor employees? What is inquisitive coaching? Claire Hughes Johnson recognizes that management’s work doesn’t end with the formation of a thriving team. On the contrary, she holds that managers should continue to develop the skills of their employees through active instruction. Let’s discuss Hughes Johnson’s informal approach to mentoring employees.

How to Schedule Your Day: 3 Ways to Slow Down Time

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Do you have a daily routine? How does a schedule help slow down time? Benjamin Hardy recommends that you structure your days around the goal of slowing time. To do so, you need to build consistent routines, avoid overdoing tasks, and focus on being present. Continue reading for more on how to schedule your day.

How to Stop Doing Too Much: 2 Tips to Limit Your Workload

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Are you trying to do too much at work? Have you spread yourself too thin? Just like exercising too much can cause you to strain a muscle, doing too much can cause you to “strain” your well-being. You can avoid or recover from this type of burnout by taking a healthier approach to your day-to-day work. Below are two tips on how to stop doing too much.

Will and Grace Behind the Scenes (Just Jack & Will)

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What was Will and Grace like behind the scenes? What do the stars of the show think about their experiences? Will and Grace behind the scenes was characterized by humor, with cast members doing things like inserting inside jokes and personal references into the script. Stars Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack recently spoke about their experiences on their podcast Just Jack & Will. Keep reading for an inside look at their experiences from this episode.

How to Make Time Go Slower: 3 Time Hacking Tips

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Can you actually make time go slower? Is time hacking merely theoretical? Unlike wormholes and time travel, slipstream time hacking isn’t just a theory. Benjamin Hardy recommends practical steps for slowing time down that you can actually take. Below you’ll learn how to make time go slower so you can progress toward your most important goals.

The 3 Types of Burnout and How to Overcome Them

Do you feel like you’ve given everything you have at work? What are the three types of burnout? Ali Abdaal says that burnout sets in when work stops feeling good and starts to feel tedious, meaningless, or overwhelming instead. This means that your work is harming your emotional well-being instead of boosting it. Let’s go over the three types of burnout and how to overcome them.

Is Time Hacking Real? 4 Principles of Time Manipulation

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What’s time hacking? Can you manipulate time? Benjamin Hardy argues that you can get more out of your life if you take advantage of the relativity of time. He believes you can live the equivalent of many lifetimes in the years you have by using a technique called “slipstream time hacking.” Keep reading to learn more about the concept of slipstream time hacking.

Slipstream Time Hacking by Benjamin Hardy: Book Overview

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What’s Slipstream Time Hacking about? How much work could you get done if you had all the time in the world? Organizational psychologist Benjamin Hardy writes in Slipstream Time Hacking that you can get the most out of any moment so you can experience more of life. You just need to move more quickly to make time run slower. Read below for an overview of Slipstream Time Hacking.

Ali Abdaal’s Productivity Model Can Make Work Feel Good

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What’s feel-good productivity? Do you want to feel energetic while working? According to Ali Abdaal, productivity doesn’t have to be hard. There’s a way to get your work done while also feeling good about yourself and the tasks you’ve accomplished. Keep reading if you’re tired of feeling burned out while working.