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Living with work-life integration

posted in Future of Work, Society, Work-Life Balance on 2019-12-31 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

If you use computers and phones to get things done, you will have noticed the blurring line between work and life. We take work wherever we live and life to where we work. Checking email on vacation has become as common as browsing through Facebook while you’re on the boss’s clock. Whether you like it or not, work and life are integrating.

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The Virtuous Circle of Saent

posted in Productivity, Work-Life Balance on 2019-04-28 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

Most productivity and time-management methodologies help us deal with information overload. How to organize data, which tasks to prioritize, what to work on next, projects to delegate to others, and so on. While these skills are essential, our age of everything, all the time requires an approach that deals with an additional set of challenges…. Continue reading →

The Five Principles of Saent Lifeline

posted in Saent, Work-Life Balance on 2018-11-02 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

Find calm, do great work, and live a fulfilling life. That’s what Saent is all about. Our newest product—a desktop application for macOS called Saent Lifeline—helps you achieve these goals. “The modern workplace is sick.” – It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy At Work Inspired by two books I recently read (It Doesn’t Have to… Continue reading →

The Magic Power of Breaks: Work Less and Get More Done

posted in Saent, Work-Life Balance on 2018-06-16 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

An important component of our macOS application Lifeline is taking sufficient breaks, and in this article, I’ll explain why. Work less, do more Working 50+ hour weeks is counter-productive. Research shows chronic overwork leads to more mistakes, diminishing output, and health issues. So why do we do it? It feels right Working more seems like… Continue reading →

We need a break from our phones

posted in Productivity, Work-Life Balance on 2017-02-23 by Josh Catone 0 Comments

When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007 he proclaimed that, “It works like magic.” And he was right. Smartphones are pocket-sized computers that allow us to do things that would have seemed like magic just ten years ago. Stuck somewhere without a ride? You can call a cab with a single click. Need the… Continue reading →

The Digital Diet Plan

posted in Productivity, Work-Life Balance on 2017-01-31 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

It looks like you’re putting on some weight. A snack here, a snack there. It’s starting to show. But, I’m not talking about your physical appearance. There’s a new form of obesity — one caused by digital junk food. We’re online all the time. We fragment our attention between a million things. We work when… Continue reading →

The way we’re working is broken, but we can fix it

posted in Future of Work, Work-Life Balance on 2017-01-16 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

We’re still working in a manner designed for factories at the turn of the 19th century, even as digital technology has completely changed the nature of the work we do. The jobs of the future won’t be industrial, they’re digital, so why are we still working like it’s 1899? In a guest post for Blinkist,… Continue reading →

Are you taking enough breaks?

posted in Productivity, Work-Life Balance on 2016-12-26 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

Taking breaks at the right time and for the right amount of time is a key to the healthy work rhythm that Saent encourages people to follow. Breaks are important for a number of reasons, and not taking them can lead to stress, burnout, poor productivity, and poor work quality. In this guest post at… Continue reading →

Is digital obesity the health problem of our future?

posted in Future of Work, Work-Life Balance on 2016-12-20 by Tim Metz 2 Comments

Author William Powers makes a convincing call to disconnect from our devices and the internet more often in his 2010 book “Hamlet’s Blackberry.” He argues our devices, for all the good they bring to our lives, also cause a measure of harm. With the digital party just getting started, his ideas at the time were… Continue reading →

The power of letting go

posted in Work-Life Balance on 2016-08-15 by Tim Metz 0 Comments

The holy grail of productivity usually involves getting to the bottom of things; your inbox should be empty. All your tasks completed. No more paperwork to file. All red badge alerts on your mobile gone. From Inbox Zero to most task management applications, the ultimate goal is to get to empty and done: But who… Continue reading →

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