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Most-read · Time · 11 min read

How to slow down time: The science behind stopping life from passing you by

Why does time seem to speed up as you age? It's all about perception. We've got scientifically backed tips about how to slow down time

August 30, 2019 · Janet Choi

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Psychology · 9 min read

7 Lessons on Survivorship Bias that Will Help You Make Better Decisions

Everyone loves a survivor. We love watching movies like Gladiator, where a muscular Russell Crowe stands tall after defeating wave after wave of enemies. Sometimes, however, we concentrate on the fact of surviving and fixate on that, and overlook everything else. This is a well known cognitive bias that psychologists r

July 24, 2018 · Walker Donohue Read article →

Psychology · 14 min read

Why Your Brain Has a Negativity Bias and How to Fix It

This post was originally written in 2015 and has since been updated with new research, examples, and advice. Pretend you're a caveman.You're in your cave preparing for a hunt, but something outside seems dangerous. You hear violent sounds you don't understand.You have two choices: Skip the hunt, spend the night…

October 24, 2023 · I Done This Read article →

Management · 3 min read

“iDoneThis keeps me honest.” – Our Interview of Daniel Pink

Here at iDoneThis, we are huge fans of Daniel Pink, author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Drive. We admire his thought leadership on the changing world of work and are so excited that he records his daily accomplishments with iDoneThis. Below, we interviewed Dan on the important stuff – why he does what he does and [

January 4, 2012 · Walter Chen Read article →

Productivity · 5 min read

401k vs. IRA: Which is right for you?

If you feel like you have to choose between a 401k and an IRA. The good news is we’ll help you decide which is right for you. Read this guide for more.

October 27, 2023 · I Done This Read article →

Productivity · 6 min read

3 Psychological Traps that Keep Your Startup in the Trough of Sorrow

You're stuck in the trough of sorrow. No matter what you do, nothing in your company is improving. You look around you, and everyone you know is crushing it. Their companies are getting acquired, they're raising huge funding rounds, and they're announcing new product features that people love. But not…

October 24, 2023 · I Done This Read article →

Communication · 44 min read

200 Business Applications For Your Relationship Stack

Our relationships with customers are more complex than ever before. Conversations start months before a purchase and continue for months afterwards. Our interactions span dozens of channels, from phone calls to email to live chat. Increasingly, customers have no single point of contact: marketers, sellers, developers,

July 16, 2019 · Walker Donohue Read article →

Management · 5 min read

3 Ways to Create a Culture of Documentation

At many companies, documentation isn’t a core part of their internal operations, but a laborious chore to be managed; a way to prove that a meeting or conversation took place, never to be looked at again. However, the most productive, successful teams recognize obsessive documentation for what it truly is—an opportunit

October 25, 2018 · Walker Donohue Read article →

Focus · 6 min read

3 Ways to Prioritize Product Development with Matrices

Even the most organized people only have so much time, which makes prioritizing work all the more important. But how do you prioritize which tasks or product features to focus on when you’re faced with dozens of potential opportunities and a small army of stakeholders? Matrices are simple organizational tools that can

October 11, 2018 · Walter Read article →

Time · 7 min read

5 Checklists Applied to User Onboarding

If you’re a product person, you’ve probably spent a lot of time obsessing over the minute details of your app. You’ve spent hours tweaking the wireframes in Sketch, and even more hours working with engineering to make sure that everything’s absolutely perfect. But even once you’re satisfied, none of that hard work actu

August 8, 2018 · Walker Donohue Read article →