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How to set boundaries at work – with examples

Halo Psych

The more stressed we become, the harder it is to think clearly, make good decisions, and be productive. If you want to learn more about the Eisenhower Grid, go check out my post on 10 ideas to help you be more productive. But constant interruptions also cost businesses time and money. Their urgent is not yours.

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How to Be More Productive Without Burning Out

Harvard Business

According to a 2008 survey , the vast majority of professionals (94%) worked 50 hours or more a week, and almost half worked more than 65 hours a week. Intrigued by the possibility of a way out of the burnout cycle, a coworker (Colin) and I started meeting every other week to discuss productivity. The same is true for productivity.

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Is poor account management a drag on your productivity?

The Source

The UK has long suffered from weak productivity. We produce less per working hour than many of our friends in the G7, a fact that’s remained stubbornly true with little sign of improvement since the 2008 global financial crisis. Is there a parallel among professional services firms?

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Hilarious Transcripts of Fed Minutes from 2008 Reveal Completely Clueless Fed

MishTalk

Here is a list of FOMC Transcripts and Other Historical Materials, 2008 Notes I purposely cherry picked statements of various Fed governors. Amazingly, Bernanke spoke of pent-up demand for housing in January of 2008 The January 29-30 transcript was a whopping 194 pages long. percentage point to GDP growth in 2008 and 0.3

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Your New Hit Product Might Be Underpriced

Harvard Business

The odds are stacked against new products or services. We have diagnosed thousands of product failures over the last 30 years, and have found recurring patterns. Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. The problem with wildly successful products. How could they not have?

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The Power of Designing Products for Customers You Don’t Have Yet

Harvard Business

Traditional banks should have had all the tools to create new products for consumers who were frustrated with their options, but they focused instead on segmenting customers more or less into “wealthy” or “not worth it.” ” In 2012 ING Direct was sold to Capital One for $9 billion.

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The Fed Releases Another Grim Set of US Industrial Production Numbers

MishTalk

Industrial production is below the January 2008 level. Manufacturing is even more abysmal.