Anna Lodwick

Anna Lodwick is a copywriter. She sees her work as the ideal outlet for her curiosity, as it allows her to explore all sorts of topics and chat with fascinating people. She also writes fiction and volunteers with non-profits that foster creativity. You can visit her Website and follow her on Twitter @waythroughwords.

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Productive Conflict: How to Disagree the Right Way

Disagreements with colleagues can lead to larger issues – but conflict doesn’t have to be all bad. There’s a right (and productive) way to disagree with colleagues and manage professional conflict.

Communication With Confidence: How to Be a More Effective In-Person Communicator

To communicate well in person, it’s important to be prepared with the right skills and tools. Here’s what you need to be a great communicator.

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18 Quick Brain Exercises to Improve Your Cognition

These 18 brain exercises only take a few minutes and could help improve your cognition, boost your productivity, and deepen your focus at work.

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The Clean Break: Improving Your End of Workday Routine

The rituals and routines that you end your workday with can have a big impact on your productivity. Here’s how to improve your EOD ritual.

How Procrastination Makes You More Creative

With the right approach, procrastination can potentially make you more creative. Here’s how putting things off could boost your creative performance.

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I Tested 5 Time Management Strategies to Improve My Productivity

I tested 5 time management strategies, using each one for a full month. From time blocking to task batching, here’s what worked for me.

Creative With Limits: How Intentional Constraints Help You Work Better

Adding intentional constraints or limitations to your creative process could boost imagination and creative thinking to new levels.

The Creative Sweet Spot: Not Overthinking Your Ideas

Overthinking creative work is a challenge any creative person must deal with. Here’s why striking a balance between perfectionism and good enough is an important habit to build.

The Power of Play and its Role in Creativity

Making time for play can deliver cognitive benefits and lead to enhanced creative thinking and better collaboration.

The Reitoff Principle: The Power of Being Unproductive (Sometimes)

All too often, taking time off from being productive leaves us feeling guilty. The Reitoff principle is here to help you write off time – and help you indulge in being unproductive.

How Creative Cross-Training Can Improve Your Performance

Creative cross training, or CCT, can help target gaps in your creative skills, broaden your range of expertise, and let you enrich your overall creative work.

How Psychological Safety Helps Creative Teams Thrive

What is psychological safety? How does it impact creativity? It’s worth your consideration as psychological safety in the workplace can have a major impact on creativity and innovation.

Why You Should Get More Comfortable Giving Constructive Feedback

Giving constructive criticism to coworkers is uncomfortable. Here’s how to make giving constructive feedback comfortable.

9 Essential Books for Encouraging Collaboration as a Leader

Good leaders understand how to help people collaborate effectively. Here are 9 must-read books for encouraging collaboration in your team.

How to Manage Internal Distractions with a Distractions List

Self-inflicted distractions can really slow you down. Here’s how to beat those disruptive thoughts with the distractions list technique.