Procrastinate correctly: how to become productive by postponing tasks?

April 24, 2018

Chris Bailey, a graduate of Carleton University, experimented on himself throughout the whole year to study the limits of productivity. He worked 90 hours a week, meditated, used the smartphone for no more than an hour a day for three months, woke up at 05:30 and lived in full isolation for 10 days. The result...Read More

Neuromarketing and behavioral economics: rational rules for irrational beings

April 19, 2018

For a long time, economics was perceived as a pragmatic science, asserting that people are rational beings who approach each decision in a rational way – thinking about the benefits first. Thus, everything depends on how much a person already has, rather than what they actually want. Centuries of economic research were based on this...Read More

Decision matrix, Pareto analysis and other effective tools for making smart business decisions

April 17, 2018

Decision making is the highest responsibility for executives and managers. About three billion important decisions are made by managers each year. That’s more than eight million decisions in a single day, including weekends. Just imagine how many of these decisions are made reflexively. Managers can’t keep track of all their decisions the same way they...Read More

Why stress is actually useful for business and learning

April 12, 2018

When your body is exposed to something harmful, finding it beneficial seems illogical. However, there are convincing proof – according to a study by the University of California at Berkeley, that moderate or non-persistent stress can develop memory and enhance performance. It’s almost as if a part of your brain that is responsible for stress...Read More

Amazon starts collecting sales tax on behalf of third-party sellers in Washington

April 11, 2018

From now on, the responsibility of calculating and paying sales taxes will move from third-party sellers to Amazon. For a long time the marketplace has argued that sellers should be in charge of collecting sales tax in the states that levy it. Because of multiple accusations from sellers claiming that Amazon shirks its legal obligation...Read More

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