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Seeking Distraction: Our Very Human Reaction to Losing Control

Sep 9, 2021 2 min read Productivity

Do you ever find yourself actively seeking distraction from what you’re working on? You know what you’re supposed to be getting on with, but instead you open up a new tab, reach for your phone, or start cleaning your home.

What Is Extrinsic Motivation? Definition and Examples

Feb 18, 2021 4 min read Meaningful Work

Extrinsic motivation is a behavior driven by a desire to receive external rewards. These rewards can include money, fame, praise, and recognized educational achievement.

How Context Switching Sabotages Your Productivity

Sep 30, 2020 5 min read Productivity

Context switching makes us less effective as workers, increases the number of mistakes we make, and costs the global economy upwards of $450 billion annually.

Lego Braille Bricks: Improving Blind Literacy Through Play

Aug 31, 2020 2 min read Meaningful Work

When I write about meaningful work, a topic that I believe to be at the center of all that it means to be human, it’s projects such as Lego Braille Bricks that...

How Diffusion of Responsibility Alters Group Psychology

Aug 26, 2020 3 min read Critical Thinking

Diffusion of responsibility is a sociopsychological event in which the presence of others makes it less likely for those present to take responsibility for the situation at hand.

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