Confronting the Brutal Facts of Your Startup’s Reality
It's vital that you confront the brutal facts of your startup's reality, because not dealing with reality as a manager is a huge demotivator for your team.
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Aziz Ansari on Finding Your Own Path
Everyone finds their own path. The best advice is to continually work tremendously hard, making amazing things, and be patient. Comedian and actor Aziz Ansari gives some pretty good advice on how to achieve success, no matter what you’re up to. (Photo by Amelia Beamish)
Arianna Huffington: Get More Sleep!
Arianna Huffington’s pro tip for productivity and happiness: get more sleep!
Businesses often forget about the culture, and...
“Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees.” - Tony Hsieh
Brianna Roux, Scientist
Brianna Roux is a young scientist, college student, and amateur knitter. Brianna uses iDoneThis to track school projects and advance medical science.
Andrew Zarick, Digital Media Strategist
Andrew Zarick is a digital media expert. Through daily reflection, Andrew has discovered that he gets more done than he otherwise gave himself credit for.
Audrey Tan Dips the Ink
Audrey Tan, founder of Waggit, has a neat productivity trick she calls “dip the ink" that keeps the work flow going after breaks and interruptions: If a friend asks me to take a coffee break or someone starts hovering at your desk as a sign they want to chat, I…
Be A Successful Night Owl: The Best of the Internet
Catch up with the best stuff we shared this week: Seth Godin, on Yielding. How night owls get stuff done too! Tips on completing your labor of love. (gifs via fuckyeahparksandrec)
Beat the Monday Blues!
Here’s a quick rundown of these tips to beat a case of the Mondays: Studies say happiness is contagious. Go catch some happy from cheerful, morning people. Or if you’re the “Hell is other people at breakfast” type, go catch some happy from some of your favorite music uppers or Hulu/Youtube vids.…
Better Together: Team Dynamics
How do YOU create teams in the workplace? via SOCIALCAST
Breaking the Rules of Productivity
Remember that rules – even productivity rules – are made to be broken. Number 10 in The 99%’s helpful collection of 10 Laws of Productivity.
Celebrate Your Customers: The Best of the Internet
Happy Friday! Catch up with the best of what we’ve shared on the interwebs this week! A call to managers: “First, do no harm.” What does bosslessness mean? On thanking your customers. Agree that tech makes good managers better and bad ones worse? The zen of work — it takes practice.
Charlie McDonnell: Don’t Break the Chain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJnJaAjABD4 A rather cheerful, young Brit in the internet talks about the Seinfeld “Don’t Break the Chain" productivity method. He explains, that before, if he didn’t feel like doing anything, he wouldn’t. And now, if he doesn’t feel like doing anything, he’ll get at least 1 hour of work
Cheryl Yeoh, Entrepreneur
Cheryl Yeoh is a first-time entrepreneur and co-founder of CityPockets. Using iDoneThis every day, Cheryl tracks her productivity to analyze her efficiency.
Clayton Christensen on What Management Isn’t
Many think of management as cutting deals and laying people off and hiring people and buying and selling companies. That’s not management, that’s dealmaking. Management is the opportunity to help people become better people. Practiced that way, it’s a magnificent profession. Clayton Christensen in Wired, “Clayton Chris
Daimler Increased Project Velocity by 20% and Reduced Meetings by 30%
Daimler Trucks North America is the leading manufacturer of commercial vehicles in North America.
Entrepreneurs Share the Only Thing that Matters
Entrepreneur's journey is to figure out what matters and focus on it. These are 6 pieces of advice from tech leaders on what is the only thing that matters.
Does Working in Pajamas Affect Productivity?
Lose the pajamas!! Groom and dress before punching in, and you might be more productive -- or at least able to take last-minute video meeting requests.
Do Business Globally and Manage Remote Teams Locally
Do business globally and manage remote teams locally using I Done This -- that's part of how RingCaptcha makes security so effective and user friendly.
Daria the Developer Hates Daily Standup
Daily standups can be great--but they can also be the bane of your dev team's workday. Here's how to get standups that are productive and enjoyable.
Evernote Founder Phil Libin’s Secret To Looking Interested During Meetings
“I haven’t actually told this to anyone before.” Anytime you hear those words, pay attention to what the person says next. Anytime you hear those words from someone who’s co-founded three multimillion-dollar companies, drop everything and start taking notes. In this case, those words came from Phil Libin, who co-founde
Don’t Just Build Product, Build the Machine that Builds the Product
When you build product, that's not the same as building a company—that's only the first step. The hard part is building the machine that builds the product.
Don’t Let Your Huge Goal Distract You from Small Wins
Small wins might seem inconsequential or trivial, but they can have exactly some of the outsize impact we need to reach our big dreams.
Don’t Preserve Startup Culture in Your Growing Company
Some founders sound like Peter Pan — they never want their startup culture to grow up. That immature mentality is no way to build a company that lasts.