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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc57X0j_UwM A little outtake from Miranda July’s The Future shows us a productivity tip that you won’t find on Lifehacker. Bonus video: Miranda July talks about how her procrastination ended up being incorporated into her work. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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We don’t know about the origin of this story but it’s a nice reminder about setting priorities: When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day isn’t enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee. A professor stood before his…
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A few months ago, we started to occasionally send your old daily dones to you as a reminder of just how much progress you’d made. Some of you told us that you loved it. For you, we made iDoneThis Memory. Every morning, we’ll email you and remind you what you did on that day either 1 [...]
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iDoneThis had the humblest of beginnings, and in a year’s time, we’ve gone from a stupid idea to having helped people get over 500,000 things done. It’s been an incredible year. On December 17, 2010, Rodrigo wrote me the following email. The title of the email was “stupid idea”. A daily “what did you achieve [...]
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Meet Alex, denizen of New York City, and active food logger. Alex uses iDoneThis to write down every single thing he eats every day.
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Mission statements — the good and the bad — have a way of bringing out the true core of your company.
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The lean startup movement disdains the big press launch, and rightfully so. However, the polemical nature of the argument gives off the impression that press should never be sought. Quite the contrary, press should be sought ceaselessly. That being said, it’s important to understand the magnitude of traffic that you ca
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[T]he really important thing about being alive is how you relate to other people and the world around you, rather than how many tasks you complete or how quickly. Some lovely words from Andrew O’Hehir’s review of the Korean documentary, Planet of Snail.
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The exemplary manager is often shown as the outgoing guy that gives his team pep talks and high fives. In truth, though, that stereotype couldn’t be farther from the truth. To four highly effective, seasoned, and successful executives, being a good talker isn’t just overvalued, it can actually be detrimental.…
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Whether you fear its impersonal nature or thinks its the best thing since streaming television, asynchronous communication is here to stay Remote work is rising and online education is becoming more accepted and commonplace, both due to changing attitudes and the pandemic. These factors are only going to increase the…
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Pod team structures - “cells,” of four to six people - position the company to be nimble and innovative. Here's how pods encourage autonomy and alignment.
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Games don't have to be a distraction from our everyday lives—they can actually increase productivity. Use gamification to help your workers get more done.
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Getting things in writing can help to avoid workplace disagreements. It's a practice some of the most successful thinkers and leaders have used.
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Make company culture real in your startup with this guide. Especially for first-time startup founders, this guide shows you how to build and grow a team.
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When looking busy and face time is rewarded, employees put on a show for managers. Welcome to Productivity Theater.
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Luck is a critical but misunderstood component of startup success. Why the luckiest and most successful companies like Zappos don't leave luck to chance.
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John Heywood was an English playwright who lived hundreds of years ago. Today, Heywood is known for his poems, proverbs, and plays. But more than any one work, it’s his phrases that have made him famous. For example, here are some popular sayings that have been attributed to Heywood: “Out of sight out of mind.” [...]
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Back when I was a first-year physics graduate student, one of my favorite professors used to get on my case about using pencil instead of pen for my notes and problem sets. He’d say, “think and then commit with ink!” As I progressed through my studies, I realized that my use of the pencil was [...]
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Ineffective meetings are a bad habit. Here's how to break the bad habit of ineffective meetings to have meetings that are valuable and not demoralizing.
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You have to stretch, little by little, to attain a flexible mind. Learn how, plus check out 4 other great links on productivity from around the web.
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Optimal play in poker isn't good enough, and so neither is optimal work. You must work smart and experiment with untested strategies to find success.
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We put a lot of effort at iDoneThis into our content, because we write about what we care about: productivity, teamwork, creativity, and happiness at work. But as we quickly found, while quality content is vital, its life is incomplete without distribution, the pumping of publishing’s heart. In these busy times, it’s a
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Here's the best from around the web to give you a productivity boost.
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