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768 articles · Page 28 of 32

Time · 2 min read

The World’s Least Powerful CEO? The Best of the Internet

Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! The world’s least powerful CEO leads at a company that makes $2.5 million a day. Don’t be the reason people quit. Be the reason people stay. Excellent leaders convert ambiguity to behavior. You’re not good at multitasking. 11 books ev

April 19, 2013 · I Done This Support Read article →

Time · 2 min read

The Struggles of Creativity

Artist Christoph Niemann about making his first app and the creativity struggle: being the artist and the editor at the same time.

April 3, 2013 · Walter Chen Read article →

Time · 2 min read

Top Strategies of Super Achievers: The Best of the Internet

Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! Busyness is not a virtue. How to escape the cult of busy. How to keep calm and carry on when you feel ignored. Make progress, not deadlines. Consumers can fight the tide of the fast web. What’s the cadence [...]

March 22, 2013 · Walter Chen Read article →

Time · 2 min read

Time is a Gift!

Time is a gift, fleeting and swift! From the 1970 movie based on the fantastic classic children’s book, The Phantom Tollbooth, in which Milo learns that it’s what you do with time that makes it important. Sounds like something a lot of adults could learn! (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

February 5, 2013 · I Done This Support Read article →

Management · 2 min read

Time Management and Working Smarter

[I]n many ways, time is a much more valuable resource than money. You can earn large profits and save them for use years later. However, once time is gone, it will never come back. Robert C. Pozen, Harvard Business School professor and author of Extreme Productivity, on the importance of time management and working sma

December 4, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Productivity · 5 min read

Visit Your Musers

A muser is a user who is your muse, your ideal customer. We visited our musers, Shopify and Zappos, and it was one of the best things we did as a company.

August 7, 2012 · Walter Chen Read article →

Management · 2 min read

Tips for Better Time Management

[T]ime management isn’t primarily about using minutes well, it’s about using yourself well. And using yourself well means spending most of your time in your sweet spot, which is at the intersection of your strengths, weaknesses, differences, and passions. Peter Bregman found that many people “agree or strongly agree th

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

Productivity · 2 min read

This Day is a Gift

A quote from How to Live Well on how to cherish each day as a gift, by Leo Babauta at zenhabits.

May 9, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Time · 2 min read

The Tweet Elite: Weekly Wrap-up

In case you missed any of them, this week’s best tweets from @iDoneThis. This week, happiness and success are head to head in the popularity vote. These 10 habits may be keeping you from happiness. Do you know what they are and how to quit them? Here are the 10 rules that successful people live [...]

April 21, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Focus · 2 min read

The Zen of Doing

The Zen of Doing “Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.” – Zen proverb Just focus on doing.

December 10, 2011 · I Done This Support Read article →

Time · 2 min read

Thirty Minutes a Day: How to Learn

We have a fucked-up perception of time. We count hours but discount how they’re spread out. It’s binge-learning and it’s no way to grow. Check out writer and designer Jack Cheng’s great piece from a couple years back, Thirty Minutes a Day on the best way to learn something new. Cheng…

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Time · 2 min read

Time is a Choice

Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: “I’m not going to edit your résumé,…

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Productivity · 2 min read

To-Do Lists and Keeping It Positive

Recently, we highlighted a method of planning your day that consisted of asking yourself what you’d say “No” to. Just as important is to ask yourself “Why?” when it comes to the items on your to-do list. Psychologist Michael V. Pantalon recommends making a Why-Do list to increase your motivation on those items that jus

July 9, 2012 · I Done This Support Read article →

Time · 2 min read

Tricks for Productivity! The Best of the Internet

Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of the internets that we’ve shared this week! How startups are killing off bosses. Our Senior Engineer Mike Sun wrote about learning to scale an e-mail based app. What’s Marc Andreessen’s trick to feeling marvelously productive? Human Rescue Time! How VHX uses iDoneThis and leads th

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Time · 9 min read

When Employees Feel Ignored at Work, Everyone Suffers

This piece was originally published in 2016 and has been updated to include new advice for teams in 2023. What exactly does ostracism at work look like? On the exclusion spectrum, you’ll find everything from accidentally leaving someone off a calendar invite to purposefully avoiding an individual in the lunchroom.…

November 1, 2023 · I Done This Read article →

Management · 6 min read

Why Jeff Bezos’ Two-Pizza Team Rule Still Holds True in 2023

[Source: Amazon] Jeff Bezos is prolific. In 21 letters to his investors over the years, he has delivered dozens of nuggets of wisdom ranging from prioritizing long-term outcomes over short-term results to embedding R&D in every single department. He also has a unique take on company communication. Bezos believes that n

October 24, 2023 · I Done This Read article →