Improvising your workflow
When you get comfortable in an occupation you begin to develop a unique way of getting things done. Through trial and error and experience you develop a workflow which makes your work easier and makes you more productive.
Personal Development
Develop your work ethic in your “bad” job
Let’s face it, very few people get to work at their dream job right away and everyone experiences challenges at work. These “bad” jobs may be stepping stones to your dream job although the negativity surrounding them can be very demotivating. You can, however, use these as opportunities to develop the skills and work ethic …
Create your own open source Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite/Creative Cloud is pretty much the industry standard in design software. However, the cost of these products may be a major barrier to entry for many budding designers.
Finding your peak productivity zone
You may not always think about what affects your productivity but there are many factors that play a role in how productive you can be. Favourable working conditions allow you to get more done while unfavourable ones provide distractions and other obstacles to productivity.
Celebrate small victories to boost productivity
Even though you love doing your job there are times when you may become overwhelmed or frustrated. In these times it is easy to focus on what is going wrong since, after all, you want to fix it.
Avoiding the multitasking bottleneck
Multitasking has long been associated with productivity but its effectiveness relies greatly on the ability of the person doing the multitasking and the combination of tasks being done.
Benefits of Working Anywhere
One of the best things about freelancing is that you are not restricted to working in a specific location or at a specific time. This gives you the freedom to juggle your work around your schedule rather than having it the other way around. As a website designer one of the main prerequisites that I …
Balancing business and education
One of the challenges of operating a business is figuring out how to perform the daily operations of the business as well as stay updated with the news and trends of the industry.
Push beyond your comfort zone
It is human nature to come up with more efficient ways to perform tasks that we do regularly more efficiently and quickly. This innovative spirit has led to the invention of some seemingly simple but useful tools which have stood the test of time such as the wheel.
5 ways to fight information overload
How do you manage all the information that you have access to? With websites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, ,YouTube and various other individual websites of interest there are countless sources of information and distraction online.