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Productivity · 2 min read

Alexis Grant on Motivation

Motivation and inspiration can go a long way toward helping you get where you want to be. Sometimes blogs and books and in-person meetings give me that push or ah-ha moment I need to get moving. But when it comes to creating something awesome, whether that’s a book or a business or some other exciting [...]

Motivation · 2 min read

Accomplish More by Doing Less

Tony Schwartz describes how to accomplish more by doing less by maintaining a steady reservoir of energy and refueling it often.

Productivity · 2 min read

A Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted

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/)

Productivity · 3 min read

A Lesson on Setting Priorities

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…

Time · 2 min read

Ameliorating the Human Condition with iDoneThis Memory

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 [...]

Time · 3 min read

A Stupid Idea, One Year Later

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 [...]

Productivity · 2 min read

Alex Z., Food Logger

Meet Alex, denizen of New York City, and active food logger. Alex uses iDoneThis to write down every single thing he eats every day.

Productivity · 4 min read

Anatomy of Three Writeups

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

Productivity · 2 min read

Andrew O’Hehir on Planet of Snail

[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.

Management · 4 min read

Bad Managers Talk, Good Managers Write

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.…

Remote work · 10 min read

Asynchronous Communication Is The Future Of Work

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…

Management · 83 min read

Company Culture for Startups

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.