
Work Productivity and Hacks
How to Survive Friday the 13th at Work
March 12, 2015

Some superstitions are born for a reason. Breaking a mirror was thought to give you seven years of bad luck because Romans thought reflections showed souls...and also because mirrors used to be very expensive and difficult to make. Walking under ladders is bad luck because they could fall on you. But no one is sure how Friday the 13th got its start and how it came to mean a day of bad luck.
For most employees, any Friday can be bad luck with traffic ruining evening plans, surprise overtime, and rushed work leading to mistakes. Emails seem to increase in volume, meetings seem to drag longer, and phones seem to ring louder.
So, how do you make Friday the 13th better? Or even make any Friday survivable at all?
- Have a Plan
- Be Early
- Focus
- Follow Your Schedule
- Prep for Carmageddon
- Don't Believe in Superstition