Where do you want to spend your time today?
photo by http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/paukrus/Yes, I agree, we don’t have enough time to do all of the things we want to do. Here’s a thought exercise that might unblock you from that way of thinking....
View Article4pm is the toughest hour of the day
The hour in the late afternoon that vexes me the most is 4 o’clock. It’s the time when coffee wears off, when I would be better served taking a walk, and when I’m most vulnerable to candy bars. So...
View ArticleFuture You Will Thank You for Handling Email Better
We get a lot of email – especially the kind we don’t want. The worst is getting email from sites that you don’t even know (when they got your details from the people that you did want you to send email...
View ArticleWhy every app needs a “mark all as read” function
Every app and every web site has notifications. Whether they are push notifications, email notifications, phone call notifications, voice mail notifications, in-app notifications, or smoke signals, you...
View ArticleTo Get More Done, Automate the Stuff You Hate
Like you, I spend a lot of time doing the same things over and over again. In physical space this is easier to think about: when you have clutter in your home, if you attack each area systematically...
View ArticleEscaping from Messaging Hell
One Way to Escape from Message Hell Admit it — it’s really great to get the message you want, when you want it, and in the time and place that you want it. And that vision is usually hard to match....
View ArticleTurn Off Your Lizard Brain
Seth Godin – “Quieting the Lizard Brain” Seth Godin “You don’t need to be more creative – you need a quieter lizard brain” –Seth Godin Your brain is not your friend. At any moment now you might...
View ArticleWrite Down Your Goals
If there’s nothing else you remember from this post, spend 15 minutes writing down your goals for your next project so that you explain them better to the people who matter. The simple act of writing...
View ArticleThoughts on the Bus Problem
(photo by https://unsplash.com/photos/HOtPD7Z_74s) What’s the most important thing you do at work? Most of us, when asked “how do you create job security”, default to explaining a way of interacting...
View ArticleWhat will you let drop today?
Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash When you work in a startup, you are guaranteed to make a decision that will disappoint someone today. Every day is a series of stack-ranked decisions. You decide (in...
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