The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work

Collin recognized that her tendency to overwork was not making her work—or her workplace—better.

In the words of author James Clear, “It’s hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior.”

Supercharge Your Productivity,” which helps “highly-skilled professionals get more done without working longer hours or hacking together tools.”

When someone else determines what it means to be successful, there is no need to define it for yourself.

Whether your work requires putting out physical or figurative fires, knowing your place on the integrator-segmentor spectrum might help you set healthy boundaries or articulate your preferences to your manager. For example, segmentors may prefer to stick to a predetermined schedule for working hours, while integrators might prefer to intersperse pe

Work hard and go home.

The office itself is a technology, a tool that ideally helps people get work done. But like any piece of technology, how it’s used matters far more than what it can do.

Of the many reasons Americans work so much, there is one constant that transcends industries: the culture of American management. And the culture of American management—one in which managers meticulously track workers’ hours—is

Who are you when you’re not producing?