Photo by Austin Chan on Unsplash When you work in a startup, you are guaranteed to make a decision that will disappoint someone today. Every day is a series of stack-ranked decisions. You decide (in near real time) whether Item A is more important than Item B, and make the best decision you can at the time. Many…
Tag: Productivity
Thoughts on the Bus Problem
(photo by https://unsplash.com/photos/HOtPD7Z_74s) What’s the most important thing you do at work? Most of us, when asked “how do you create job security”, default to explaining a way of interacting with others that only we can do. If you have unique skills, of course you would want to create a solution where you can solve the…
Write Down Your Goals
If there’s nothing else you remember from this post, spend 15 minutes writing down your goals for your next project so that you explain them better to the people who matter. The simple act of writing down your goals is a powerful organizer for you, the people you are interacting with in your project, and…
Escaping from Messaging Hell
One Way to Escape from Message Hell Admit it — it’s really great to get the message you want, when you want it, and in the time and place that you want it. And that vision is usually hard to match. photo by https://www.flickr.com/photos/lexiestevenson/14115352937 Most Messaging is not Like This And it’s really horrible to get most…
To Get More Done, Automate the Stuff You Hate
Like you, I spend a lot of time doing the same things over and over again. In physical space this is easier to think about: when you have clutter in your home, if you attack each area systematically you’ll eventually get to a clean room. It’s impossible to ignore a stack of things in your…
