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805 articles · Page 23 of 34

Productivity · 3 min read

Stop Repeating the Same Mistakes

Take a systematic approach to tracking and reviewing your mistakes to avoid repeating the same mistakes. Here are how the best managers do it.

Productivity · 2 min read

Take Charge Of Your Life

Lauren Bacon, on shifting gears, accepting discomfort, and living on purpose, not by accident. Here's how to take charge of your life.

Productivity · 2 min read

Taking Risks Through Doubt

Don't make the mistake of trying to tune out your doubts. Doubt need not impede action. Says Philip Lopate, in the NYT’s Opinionator. Read more here

Management · 2 min read

Structured Procrastination: The Best of the Internet

Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! 8 Expensive Project Management Lessons – for free! Is bad management getting in the way of transparency and innovation at work? Don’t we want to be open, generous, and connected? Structured procrastination — the magical solution of wo

Productivity · 2 min read

Step Away From The Desk!

Nobody does their best thinking sitting at their desk. Your desk is for executing; do your thinking elsewhere. — Justin Jackson (@mijustin) July 26, 2012 Justin Jackson reminds us that desks are workstations. Take your thinking, procrastinating, eating, and even sitting elsewhere. It’s common wisdom that you should kee

Productivity · 2 min read

Thank You!

A big THANKS to our iDoneThis members and blog readers, here in the U.S. and abroad!

Productivity · 2 min read

Solve It While You Walk

When people don’t take enough breaks, their creativity and productivity decline. Humans are not designed to be sedentary. Solve it with a walk. Read more

Productivity · 2 min read

Stop Worrying, Start Living

To-do lists make us anxious and unhappy. Sarah Hepola tell us how she learned to stop worrying and make to-do lists work.

Productivity · 2 min read

Start Small, Think Big!

Empirically, the way to do really big things seems to be to start with deceptively small things. Paul Graham‘s advice for startups, which applies to tackling challenges in general. Start small, and then onward and forward to big things!

Motivation · 2 min read

Tech/Life Balance is a Myth: The Best of the Internet

Here’s the weekly round-up of the best of the blog & links we’ve shared on the interwebs! Happy Friday! How to use iDoneThis to leverage The Progress Principle. Tech/life balance is a myth. 3 ways to think deeply at work. Introverts are awesome leaders too! Love is the way to, um, conquer your competition. (photo [...]

Productivity · 2 min read

Show Your Work

Show your work—it's the opportunity to show the world you are in what you get done.