"Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax." 

-Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

Creating a more light-hearted workplace can reduce stress, boost morale and increase productivity.

A Practical Guide to Practicing Empathy: The 5 Ls

With all the "magic bullets" being marketed these days, it's difficult to tell what's effective and what's nothing more than an expensive placebo or clickbait. Workplace productivity "cures" are no exception, bringing us to contemplate if techniques such as mindfulness and meditation actually improve job performance, or if they'll leave us with little more than wasted hours.

Spending a lot of time analyzing comes with opportunity cost.

So how do we deal with this?