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
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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
Simplify and Get Productive! The Best of the Internet
iDoneThis's weekly roundup of posts we've shared this week including simplify and get productive, ask better questions, create with constraints and more
Stop what you’re doing, because PENGUINS.
Stop what you’re doing, because PENGUINS.
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
Thank You!
A big THANKS to our iDoneThis members and blog readers, here in the U.S. and abroad!
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
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.
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!
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 [...]
Some familiar tips on how to stay creative &...
Some familiar tips on how to stay creative & productive in video-form. What works for you?
Ten Lessons for Young Designers
Ten life lessons — for everyone! mattjayblog: dad’s wise words. applicable to any pursuit, i believe.
Stacy-Marie Ishmael: Founder, Editor, and Reporter
We talked with Stacy-Marie Ishmael about the challenges of running a news startup and how she minimizes distractions and deals with a career transition.
Silicon Valley’s Productivity Secret
What snippets are and why the best Silicon Valley companies like Google, Facebook, Zynga, and Square use them to drive transparency and productivity.
Some to-do inspiration.
Some to-do inspiration.
Show Your Work
Show your work—it's the opportunity to show the world you are in what you get done.
Simple Steps to Daily Satisfaction
1. Get paid. 2. Get fit. 3. Make something cool. Rich Jones’s 3 super simple steps to daily satisfaction in work, health, and getting stuff done.
Something Good in Every Day
Hope your dones are part of the good in every day!
Startups: Host a Tumblelog on Tumblr
We host our blog on Tumblr, and it’s our third-largest source of social media traffic after Twitter and Facebook. I asked my friends at Fitocracy for their stats (their blog is on Tumblr, too) and they reported that Tumblr was fourth after Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, and it’s high-volume traffic as Fitocracy is doin
Start With Why
Your “why” should drive all of your work. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Start Your Own Business
Trust yourself. If you are passionate about your idea you can do more than you ever imagined. There is no secret to success; you simply start with a vision and then it is about problem solving, breaking everything down into smaller pieces, getting it done, and remaining tenacious even when…
Steve Jobs: Love What You Do
Getting up every morning and looking into the mirror, asking myself: ‘Do I like what I am doing?’ After every full day, I do the same in the evening. Whilst I write my next day’s to do list, I reflect on my achievements. And by doing this, I also try…
Stop Waiting and Go Get It!
The noted quote by Jack London is actually, “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” Stop waiting. Play offense. Go do stuff!
Take Control Of Your Life
[W]e have one reservoir of willpower. It’s a highly limited resource, and it gets depleted by every act that requires its use. Tony Schwartz, proponent of maintaining your energy levels for sustainable productivity, offers a Master Plan for Taking Control of Your Life back from all those temptations that ultimately dep