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Don’t work, ship
Working is isolated. You can work forever, research, fiddle, doubt, but until you ship nothing has changed in the world. ...
Make a fair deal with yourself
Focus or check email, study or reply to a message, exercise or watch videos. It's easy to be conflicted these days....
Self above narrative
One Friday evening, I found myself confronted by a choice: work or not? I couldn't decide and felt uneasy.
I decided to meditate before making a choice. ...
The productivity-prone attributes of work
Work is a vague term. One persons work is another's play and vice versa.
Yet, many times work is referred to as thought it were a single thing.
It seems to me that the term hides the underlying complexity a little too well....
Boredom: the cure to everything
WeMost people would do literally anything to avoid an extended period of boredom, like for instance Neil Gaiman writing his books....
The absurdity of overwhelm and why you can't teleport
Yothe next Instagram at once. In my case yesterday, you can't scan 106 drawings at once....
Small bets and big bets
Innovation and innovative work can be described as betting on an idea or experimenting.
There are two types of innovation: linear and non-linear....
What needs to be done?
How do you start work? Do you look at a to-do list and ask yourself "What do I want to do?"
I wouldn't....
How to transform yourself into your ideal
1.01 ^ 365 = 37.783434333
This pi...
The new meaning of hard work
Hard work used to mean plowing a field or chopp...
90% chance of failure? Try 10 times
The evolutionary approach applies to wor...
Outcome over effort
When one values time by the hour, it’s easy to focus o...
Invest into the state of creating reality
Every day, we all have an opportun...
Stay with it like Einstein
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that ...
What if it was simple? Lessons learned dieting
I’m on a special diet...
Less time, less space, more decisions
Today I removed a huge bookshelf from ...
Why every child is more creative than you
Have you ever:
- written an artic...
Get the main thing right
The world is complex beyond our comprehension. What...
How to charge your work like a bull
There is a type of work that accumulates...
What can you do for your tomorrow’s self?
We’re not good at long-term th...
ARC — a framework for work
You don’t want to do something.
The reasons ...
Something difficult? Redefine your view
“Sometimes shifting your perspecti...
Do you need a complex solution?
An iPhone is a complex solution, Alexa is a ...
The breadcrumb trail to efficiency
To overcome writer’s block, Ernest He...
What’s a smart way to deal with this?
Stuff comes at you every day, fast. ...
Hold your standard, compassionately
If you want to be good at anything, yo...
BYOE — Bring Your Own Enthusiasm
I was tinkering with a pet coding project...
Let the subconscious solve your problems
A shower, a walk, a lunch — what ...
Attach yourself to only what matters
Most of the time, internet points don??...
Complexity can be fun
If something is boring, make it more complex.
Add a t...
The first thing to do in the morning
We’ve adapted to the spins of the Ear...
What are you gonna do with it?
When I bought my laptop, I told my parents it...
From ‘makes sense’ to ‘works’
From LEGO to web apps, I like to build...
The trap of unfinished busyness
Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Like there is ...
What’s the first sign that you’re right?
Working on something with an un...
Maintain grasp with the obvious
Ever got stuck doing something too long beca...
Why would you do work that doesn’t matter?
There are tasks that really mat...
Seek real feedback
What if you ate food, but couldn’t taste it? What if yo...
1 step to change the world
I’ve always been a dreamer and had ideas of cha...
Don’t underestimate the power of subtle influences
The ideal productive te...
Less stress, less fear
Everything you did until today, you’ve survived.
Y...
Bare minimum vs doing it right
Jony Ive, the famous designer of products lik...
What can you do?
We spend a lot of our time comparing ourselves to others, c...
Start and finish
Start. Go wide, be creative, let your imagination run wild!...
Failure is the default state
If you don’t begin, you’ve failed.
You’v...
Create your spacetime
We’re naturally good at thinking in space. After all...
What haven’t I done?
This is one of the most useful questions I’ve found...
Distraction management: a foundation skill for the digital age
How to resist...
Keep things in sight
Out of sight, out of mind works unfortunately well in t...
Put it all before you and take a step back
In the digital world, it’s ea...
The less familiar the work, the more setup needed
An expert on a subject can...
Be in the present, or in the future?
We hear about being present, living in ...
Getting to a variable understanding
In every system, there are key variables...
The root of ‘easy for you to say’
The internet is full of advice for ach...
Does it work?
The thing you’re working on, does it work?
Why? Why not?
W...
Break up your creativity
You hear it often, hard work, hard work, work hard?...
Make your environment a woodshop
If you go into a woodworker’s woodshop an...
Avoid the tech tunnel
After hours spent at a computer or using the phone, ...
How can’t you lose?
When Elon Musk started SpaceX, he estimated the chance...
Confront yourself daily to avoid crashing
How do you call yourself on your b...
Close the intent-action gap
The moment you define a task, a timer starts run...
Quantity to quality
Quality vs quantity is a short-term way of thinking. It ...
Be like water
One day before my bus would leave, I went for a stroll in the ...
Are you making it harder for yourself to work?
Yesterday, I walked home and ...
Create energy out of thin air
Let me tell you a story.
When I ran a half ma...