Ask Them How They Want to Grow
https://randsinrepose.com/links/2015/01/14/ask-them-how-they-want-to-grow/
Have an individual work on whatever the hell they want for 90 days. No constraints. Just their project. Extra credit for …
The 5-Bullet-Log: A Note-Taking System to Increase Self-Awareness and Learn More From Life
https://betterhumans.pub/the-5-bullet-log-a-note-taking-system-to-increase-self-awareness-and-learn-more-from-life-8150b8d2b322
You will notice that your log will keep changing with time, and this is …
The Productivity Pit: How Slack Is Ruining Work
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/1/18511575/productivity-slack-google-microsoft-facebook
Much like the ubiquitous open-floor plan, this type of software is meant to get different parts of a company …
The Miseducation of the American Boy
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/01/the-miseducation-of-the-american-boy/603046/
Yet when asked to describe the attributes of “the ideal guy,” those same boys appeared to be harking …
The Insider's Guide to Culture Change by Siobhan McHale
My definition of workplace culture is “The patterns or agreements that determine how the business operates.” A simplified version that I commonly use is: “It’s how things work around here”.
The first …
When Executives Break
http://blog.eladgil.com/2021/02/when-executives-break.html
CEO you need to optimize for an entire organization over a single individual. In general, high growth companies should set expectations …
High-Performing Teams Need Psychological Safety. Here’s How to Create It
https://hbr-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/hbr.org/amp/2017/08/high-performing-teams-need-psychological-safety-heres-how-to-create-it
“There’s no team without trust,” says Paul Santagata, Head of Industry …
7 Ways to Make Yourself a Happier Person Every Day
https://www.theladders.com:443/career-advice/7-ways-to-make-yourself-a-happier-person-every-day
Remember: Happiness is not outside of you It is not something you have to go find or reach or “achieve.” …
From Exec Roles to Board Seats — Lessons for the Startup C-Suite From Zendesk, Guru, eBay, & More
https://firstround.com/review/from-exec-roles-to-board-seats-lessons-for-the-startup-c-suite-from-zendesk-guru-ebay-and-more/
To get more tactical here, she implores you to actively seek feedback — …
The Real Reason Why You Sabotage Your Own Goals
https://forge.medium.com/psychological-reactance-why-you-sabotage-our-own-goals-f473c2df47a3
You may have scheduled time for something that you legitimately want to do — say, work out or read a …
168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam
At the beginning of the meeting, the meeting leader spells out the goals.
The blogosphere boils like a tent revival with writers evangelizing about their “lifehacks,” their reliance on forty-three …
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Until you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you don’t know anything. There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following …
In a World of Opinions, Here’s How to Figure Out What You Really Think
https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/critical-thinking-tips-how-to
The term ‘infobesity’ was coined in 2013 to describe “the condition of continually consuming large amounts of …
Range by David Epstein
Overspecialization can lead to collective tragedy even when every individual separately takes the most reasonable course of action.
Whether or not experience inevitably led to expertise, they agreed, …
The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/01/pandemic-goodbye-casual-friends/617839/
Tools like Zoom and FaceTime, useful for maintaining closer relationships, couldn’t re-create the ease of …
The Most Powerful Time Management Technique You’re Not Using
https://nireyal.medium.com/the-most-powerful-time-management-technique-youre-not-using-2c52af310445
When you do get distracted, write down what happened so you can make sure you don’t succumb to the …
Can You Succeed Without Being a Terrible Person?
https://www.ft.com/content/5056e19d-7d90-4a64-a437-8a047deb383b
Thus the three principles to make fairness work: — Listen, without ego — Give, but audit — Defend, by not over-defending. The first …
The ‘Pussy’ Presidency
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/01/donald-trump-pussy-presidency/617699/
He loves the swagger of military parades, but is disgusted by the notion of self-sacrifice for one’s country. …
Three Crucial Skills That Leaders Must Develop to Become Executives
https://theskip.substack.com/p/three-crucial-skills-that-leaders
New skills are hard for leaders to develop simply because they’ve already found success, which makes them less motivated to make …
A Brief History of Peanut Butter
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-peanut-butter-180976525/
North Americans weren’t the first to grind peanuts—the Inca beat us to it by a few hundred years—but peanut …