“Cozy games” were going to save us from stress and productivity. They have ended up being true slaves of leisure

The promise of relaxing and clearing your mind for a few hours is what attracts us of the cozy games: those games that surround us with cute little animals, calm us with a comforting visual palette and give us repetitive and friendly tasks that make us escape from stress. It all seems very bucolic; You … Read more

Being a perfectionist at work was a virtue. The obsession with perfection has transformed into toxic productivity

Imagine feeling that you never do enoughthat every free minute should be used to advance something productive, even if your body and mind ask for rest. This obsession for staying productive every minute of the day, increasingly normalized in contemporary culture, is what Harvard Business Review and other experts they call “toxic productivity“. Avoid her … Read more

have been the productivity apps that promised to help you

There is a tendency to think that the main reason for loss of productivity at work is due to poor time organization or for procrastinating tasks. That is, by leaving pending tasks for later. However, a study carried out by the project management platform Lokalise, has revealed a surprising reason why working hours they don’t … Read more

Netflix has 15,000 titles but we end up seeing ‘The Office’ by Quinvez. Productivity apps make us the same

We have 15,000 titles in Netflix and we end up seeing ‘The Office‘For the fifth time. We have a complete suite of productivity apps on the mobile and we end up writing the tasks in A whatsapp with ourselves. It is the same psychological mechanism working in two different contexts: when you have too many … Read more

We are champions in productivity with medium and large companies. The problem is that with SMEs we lose by win

The OECD data has been putting the red lantern to Spanish productivity decades. However, that perception does not Low productivity in Spain It does not fully adjust to the reality that reflect the Recent OECD reports. Such and as they highlight in The confidentialalthough the global data show a very discreet increase, companies of between … Read more

The most experienced developers hoped to improve their productivity with AI. A study showed just the opposite

What happens when you give an advanced artificial intelligence platform to a group of expert developers and ask them to work on tasks that they know in detail? The logical thing would be to wait a productivity jump, a great combination between experience human and technological assistance. The tools are there, the flows are learned, … Read more

A productivity guru went to visit Disneyland. And there he found the secrets of silent productivity

Recently, Cal Newport was in Disneyland. Newport is one of the great productivity gurus, and its most widespread thesis is that of Power of the concentration of the deep. His analytical eye allowed him, tail comes, get some interesting lessons about productivity even in the middle of a theme park. First, it describes the experience … Read more

Germany believes having found the most German solution to its productivity problems: work more

Germany has been considered for decades as The economic locomotive from Europe. However, currently It crosses a crisis that has surprised analysts and experts. The model that allowed the country to prosper with reduced working hours and shoot its productivity, seems to have reached its limit. German leaders They look for new formulas To recover … Read more

The latest creation of the productivity guru is not a new method, but a clock that counts the days that are missing to die

A little over a year ago, in Xataka We talk about ‘second brain‘, that concept popularized by the productivity guru Tiago Forte. His latest novelty is not another book or other method, but A tool as simple as disturbing: Death Clocka calculator that predicts with mathematical precision the date of your death based on 17 … Read more

Log In

Forgot password?

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

Add to Collection

No Collections

Here you'll find all collections you've created before.