I Done ThisOz

I Done This library · preserved by Oz

Original voices. Original dates. The work lives on.

Ideas for doing better work.

768 recovered articles from I Done This, preserved with their original text and available media as I Done This becomes part of Oz.

Archive page 24 of 32

768 articles · Page 24 of 32

Productivity · 3 min read

The Business Perks of Traveling Back to the Future

Sometimes the sheer clarity of hindsight is like life’s annoying way of saying, “I told you so!” Looking in the rearview mirror to see what went wrong is integral to learning from our mistakes, but we often wish for hindsight’s clear vision when we’re forging our way forward. Research psychologist Gary Klein has a star

February 14, 2013 · Janet Choi Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

The Balance of Audacity and Humility

You’ve got to be audacious enough to set goals that make you stretch and give you clarity of vision and purpose. But you have to have the humility to know that this work is hard, and that you might not get there. If you start off talking about all the reasons that you’re not going [...]

January 28, 2013 · I Done This Support Read article →

Management · 3 min read

The Awkward Leader

Being a manager is difficult because it feels unnatural. Your job isn’t actually to get work done. You’re doing your job as a manager when what you’re doing doesn’t resemble work at all. To Andy Grove, legendary CEO of Intel, a manager’s fundamental work of information gathering can be among the most unnatural and that

November 9, 2012 · Walter Chen Read article →

Management · 2 min read

The Best of iDoneThis: Management and Leadership

Happy holidays, Happy days off work, Happy eating, catching up, and slowing down! We’re sharing the greatest hits and bestest bits of the iDoneThis blog this year. On today’s menu: management and leadership at work. Silicon Valley’s Productivity Secret The Art of Getting Stuff Done Without Bossing Around The Manager’s…

I Done This Read article →

Time · 2 min read

The Best of iDoneThis: Productivity

This week, we’re sharing the year’s greatest hits and bestest bits of the iDoneThis blog. On today’s menu: productivity. Marc Andreessen’s Productivity Trick to Feeling Marvelously Efficient The Ultimate Productivity Instrument is You Getting in the Writing Place Every Day The Other Half of Your Job

I Done This Read article →

Motivation · 2 min read

The Creative Habit

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit

December 13, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Time · 2 min read

The Freedom Experiment: Scheduling “Me” Time

The Freedom Experiment lists 55 ways to take care of yourself when the going gets busy. There are many gems but we especially liked this one about remembering to schedule me-time and honoring it: To make your life less chaotic, it’s a good practice to keep a planner. Make sure you write down every single [...]

August 22, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Time · 2 min read

The Hilarious Louis C.K. on Managing Life

I learned that sharks sleep parts of their brain, like rolling blackouts; they can’t fall asleep because they can’t stop moving or they’ll suffocate. So they sleep sections of their brain at a time. So I do kind of a version of that, where I shut down brain centers. I literally tell myself, “Don’t logistically [...]

August 17, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

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

July 19, 2012 · Walter Chen Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

Stop Waiting and Start Doing

The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. These people are waiting for a bus on a street where no buses pass. Brian Tracy (via This Life of Leisure) Photo: Margot Gabel

May 28, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Focus · 2 min read

Rethinking Productivity

Productivity tools can become part of the loop of unproductive work when the tools become the focus, not the work.

May 22, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

The Key to Avoiding Burnout

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you’re giving up that makes you resentful. I tell people: Find your rhythm. Your rhythm is what matters to you so much that when you miss it you’re resentful of your work… . So find your rhythm, [...]

April 23, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

Teach People How To Learn

I was once asked: if an organization could teach only one thing to its employees, what single thing would have the most impact? My answer was immediate and clear: teach people how to learn. How to look at their past behavior, figure out what worked, and repeat it while admitting honestly what didn’t and change [...]

March 27, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 2 min read

The Hottest Productivity Booster

Coffee lets you do stupid things faster, while tea makes you grounded and gives you a break between tasks. Here's how to use tea to get more productive.

March 7, 2012 · Walter Chen Read article →

Time · 7 min read

Terri Trespicio on How to Own Your Time

Terri Trespicio is a writer, editor, host, broadcaster, healthy living expert, and former senior editor at Martha Stewart’s Whole Living magazine. She also hosted the live, daily call-in show “Whole Living” on Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius XM 110. Terri has appeared on the Today show, Dr. Oz, The Early Show, an

February 24, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 4 min read

Schmoozing for Introverts

I’m often asked how iDoneThis has been featured so often in the press. Business Insider picked as one of 20 startups to watch, Bob Scoble tweeted about us, and Lifehacker, Netted, The Next Web, and The New York Observer have all written about our modest three-man band. For us, press has come from making a [...]

August 26, 2011 · I Done This Support Read article →