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Productivity · 2 min read

Wise Words from Amelia Earhart

The most effective way to do it, is to do it. — Amelia Earhart

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Productivity · 2 min read

Wise Words from Franklin D. Roosevelt

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…

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Productivity · 2 min read

Wise words to get us started this Monday!

March 26, 2012 · I Done This

Focus · 2 min read

Work Less, Save Time

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…

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Productivity · 2 min read

Work or Creative Labor?

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 [...]

January 30, 2012 · I Done This Support

Productivity · 2 min read

Work vs Sleep: Getting Stuff Done

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

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Productivity · 2 min read

Working Smarter, Not Harder

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…

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Productivity · 4 min read

Write Your Own Story

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.

January 10, 2012 · Walter Chen

Productivity · 2 min read

You Are Good At Things!

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

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Productivity · 2 min read