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We work a lot. A lot a lot. In fact, assuming that you work 40 hours a week over a 50-year career, you’ll spend more than 10 years of your life at work alone. That’s not ten years of a 9 to 5 job. That’s 92,120 hours of work in a lifetime. And that’s assuming you never take any overtime! Yikes.

We’re doing performance reviews all wrong. Rather than the typical let’s-have-a-tense-meeting-every-six-months (you know, the method that stresses out you, your employees, and gives very little meaningful data or actionable feedback), studies have shown that people prefer and benefit from ongoing, consistent information on how they’re doing. Most people agree that the traditional format of performance appraisal is going the way of the dodo.

Update 1/31/17: After some feedback from readers like you and some additional info from Clio, we’ve decided to go in and update our comparison. If you’ve got feedback, let us know in the comments below.

Whenever my uncle is offered something for free, he always asks, “Is it ‘free’ like a beer, or ‘free’ like a puppy?” The implication, of course, is that not all things billed as ‘free’ really are. Some things, like puppies, require a lot of upkeep, food, vet shots, and newspaper-covered floors, and may end up costing you quite a lot of money, despite originally being ‘free.’

Want to tank your LMS course fast? Don’t ask your learners how they feel about your material. You need learner feedback. If you don’t know what your learners think about your learning management system software (LMS), your lesson material, and the teaching methods you’re using, then your course will inevitably grind to a halt. It’s a terrible thing to have good information that’s being shared poorly because your design has stagnated.