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Dictionary Evangelist and founder of Wordnik.com, Erin McKean spreads the good word about words. Former editor in chief for American Dictionaries at Oxford University Press and editor of the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2E, Erin also shared her quest to redefine the dictionary itself in a 2007 TED talk. That redefin
You Don’t Need An Army When You Have Seal Team 6 Sometimes, you can get more done with less.
In choosing to do our startup in the San Francisco Bay Area, near the heart of the Valley — the world center for technology and innovation — and joining an incubator run by Xooglers, we didn’t expect our company’s most powerful and transformative lesson over the past 4 months to be that in the realm [...]
Willem Bult is a world traveler, entrepreneur, and software developer. Here's how he keeps himself motivated as a software developer.
Here's how we started from zero and got our first 5,000 users. We got users from existing communities by constructing custom narratives for them.
The book trailer for Andrew Zuckerman’s Wisdom: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give to Another is a treasure trove of wise words from leaders of all fields who are all over 65 years old. Here are some of our favorites from the wise words spoketh: "Your best work is your…
Some words of strength to see you out to the weekend. Thankfully, you won’t be battling to the death for the entertainment of a dystopian television audience! May the odds be ever in your favor … of getting some stuff done!
The most effective way to do it, is to do it. — Amelia Earhart
This 1932 quote from FDR may be about the U.S., but it stands as pretty good personal advice too! The country needs, and unless I mistake its temper, the country demands, bold, persistent experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it frankly…
Wise words to get us started this Monday!
Give yourself the weekend off. Seriously. If you really, really, really need to do work, schedule a finite time to focus with laser beam attention on it. Otherwise, stop feeling guilty all weekend and let it go. More work and more time spent thinking about doing work does not equal…
Work is what we do by the hour. It begins and, if possible, we do it for money. Welding car bodies on an assembly line is work; washing dishes, computing taxes, walking the rounds in a psychiatric ward, picking asparagus—these are work. Labor, on the other hand, sets its own pace. We may get paid [...]
Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals and co-author of Rework, found that when people wanted to get stuff done, their answer was rarely the office but instead someplace where they wouldn’t encounter externally imposed distractions. What’s perhaps most insightful about Fried’s 2010 TEDxMidwest talk is his comparison of w
Some great tips for working smarter, not harder. Less than half of workers report being satisfied with the recognition they receive on the job. Is it just a coincidence that less than half of employed adults report being completely satisfied with their jobs? Do you have any tips for working…
Instead of seeking press coverage, write your own story on your own blog. You'll build your own audience and grow distribution that you control.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYCvcq4RpPA A reminder from the book trailer for Andy Selsberg’s You Are Good at Things: A Checklist that you, yes you, are good at things! Take a few minutes before you head out for the weekend to celebrate the small ways that you are awesome. (via A Cup of Jo) (Source: http://www.youtub
May your Monday be both more manageable and full of possibility!
We love helping you keep track of your small efforts day in and day out!
Beat those mid-week blahs & blues and be awesome today!
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar (Photo by Krikit)
