At the start of each month, we round up the best posts from the business network of blogs and directing you to them. Here’s the best of business in August, including articles from FreelanceSwitch, the Netsetter and WorkAwesome. Click Here to Read Article …
Awesome Links #13: Working From Home, Being Late, Productive Brainstorming
Why Working From Home is Both Awesome and Horrible
An absolutely hilarious web comic on working from home by The Oatmeal. And it makes sense too!
Launch Programs from the Windows Start Menu More Quickly
A nice trick discovered by Amit from Digital Inspiration that saves time when launching programs from the start menu in Windows.
The Dumb Little Man blog has some useful tips on how to avoid being late.
Living Self-Employed Online: The Manual They Forgot to Give You
Glen from ViperChill gives an account of 13 lessons he has learnt in his 18 months of working from home.
Pragmatic Brainstorming for Productivity
Georgina from Web Worker Daily throws light on some of the best ways to brainstorm in order to enhance productivity. Click Here to Read Article …
5 Ways to be Financially Fit
Let’s face it—no matter how much you might love your job and enjoy going to work every day, when it comes down to it, you rely on your profession to pay the bills and support yourself and your family. Though you may not be in your ideal salary range just yet, if you’re financially fit–responsible with your spending and mindful of how much you have in your accounts–you should still be able to cover your expenses and hopefully have something left over at the end of each month.
Sounds easy, right? Click Here to Read Article …
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Boomerang for Gmail: Beta Invites!
Yesterday we gave Baydin’s Boomerang for Gmail a pretty decent once over. I have been using the service for the past week or so and I’m happy with the results I’m getting. As editor of this site – and living in North America as opposed to where Envato HQ is based – it’s handy to schedule emails and move on to other things that aren’t, well, email. Alas, the service is still in beta, so you’ll need an invite to use it.
Luckily, WorkAwesome has just been given 1000 invites to give away (thank you, Baydin)! Use the promo code b4gbeta on the link below and you’re good to go…
Boomerang for Gmail: Get Started Today! Click Here to Read Article …
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Awesome Links #12: Laptop Touchpad, Time Tracking, Decluttering
4 Ways to Get Rid of Typing Errors Due to Your Laptop TouchPad
If you are tired of the frequent typos (and hence the loss in productivity) that happen due to your laptop’s touchpad then this article by Guiding Tech is worth a read.
How to Find Enough Time to Do Everything You Want
The Dumb Little Man blog outlines certain ways to get the maximum out of your time.
4 Reasons to Track Time on Projects
Our sister site Freelance Switch explains why tracking the time you spend on each project is essential.
The Wastefulness of Decluttering; or How to Make Less Count for More
Leo from Zen Habits has some tips on how to declutter your life effectively.
Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects Your Offline Relationships
A pretty interesting article at Techipedia on how to tackle your online activities in a way that it doesn’t negatively affect your offline relationships. Click Here to Read Article …
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Creativity is a commendable quality. Good ideas are very valuable, and a person with repeated sparks of genius is priceless. But, even the most creative ideas amount to nothing if they’re not organized, established and executed. That’s where Scott Belsky, author of Making Ideas Happen can empower you with the follow-through needed to bring your intangible ideas into reality. Click Here to Read Article …
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Data Backup and Sync Strategies #2: Top Backup and Sync Tools
In my first article in this series, I discussed the importance of data backup and sync, and what data you should consider backing up. It ranged from files to browser preferences, credit cards to business data, and emails to your tweets.
So, now that you know the things you need to address, let’s check out some backup and sync tools that’ll get the job done. Data backup is an industry in itself and there is no dearth of software to get it done. But we don’t need to worry about all of them. I’ve chosen certain tools which should be more than enough for the average computer user or a small business owner.
The tools are categorized into different sections depending upon what they are used for primarily. Click Here to Read Article …
How to Beat Procrastination Permanently
It’s no surprise that we’ve touched on beating procrastination several times at WorkAwesome – it is productivity’s sworn enemy. On our path to progress, we’re constantly kicking procrastination to the curb, and often it just reappears a few steps farther along the road. Some of us fare better than others in the never-ending contest between procrastination and production, but few of us have taken the time to fully understand what procrastination is, where it comes from, and how to fight it effectively. In fact, most of us only know two things about procrastination; a basic, tip-of-the-iceberg definition, and not to do it. Click Here to Read Article …
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