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10 Ways to Get Ahead in the Next 10 Minutes

Many motivational speeches begin with something like, “What do you want to accomplish in the next year? The next five years? The next 10 years?” While that kind of thinking is great, it’s also a little overwhelming—some days, you’re just satisfied you managed to update your LinkedIn profile and organize your computer files, let alone figure out the future.

So here’s a way to get something great done within a much shorter time zone: the next 10 minutes. Pick an option, start your iPhone timer, and make the next 6,000 seconds count.

  1. Keeping a job-journal will help you ace an interview or get a raise. (Career Attraction)

  2. You are a unique individual. Now go make your LinkedIn profile URL unique as well. (LinkedIn)

  3. Prepare a cheat sheet for your references to ensure you get an amazing recommendation. (Lifehacker)

  4. Be the change you want to see in your career, and make a list of everyone you know who can help you or hurt you. (Fast Company)

  5. Pick just one of these 10 easy tasks to tidy up your office. (Turnstone)

  6. For life-changing advice you can digest super quickly, check out this article. (It involves $2 bills and doctor’s coats.) (Thought Catalog)

  7. Team PC? Here are 12 easy PC tasks you should be doing but aren’t. (Don’t worry, you’re on the hook for just one.) (PC World)

  8. Mac attack! You can easily download these essential computer apps by the time your stopwatch buzzes. (The Next Web)

  9. Light up your brain and do one of these nine creative tasks. (Inc.)

  10. Or if you’re just really tired, a 10-minute nap actually does wonders for your focus and productivity. (Forbes)


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Photo of timer courtesy of nicolas will.