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Summer officially began last week, and in many regions that means beguilingly warm days and a nagging desire to trade spreadsheets for sunscreen. But not everyone is ready to abandon their professional ambitions for three months. Plenty of new graduates, entrepreneurs and strivers of all stripes want to find ways to enhance their careers during the summer.

The summer has already solsticed--so how do we sink our canines into the dog days yet to come? Inc. writer Les McKeown has a few ideas which we'll furnish with our own.

VACATION

As we noted throughout our unplugged week, there's a subtle art to learning how to actually vacate on your vacation: as the root word vacate suggests, a proper vacation means leavings things (like to-do lists and the Internet!) behind. If Baratunde can do it, so can you--and you'll hit your work harder on your return if you have a low-stimulation break.

To read the original article: 5 Ways To Have A More Productive Summer | Fast Company | Business + Innovation