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Get to the point.
Recounting yet another lesson my teachers taught me about effective writing. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Your first draft is not your best work
A little story about how I learned to revise, and maybe..an ode to some of the amazing teachers I've had. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Enumerate the challenge
You can't conquer a project if you don't know everything you need to do. You know? (a full transcript is available on the website)
On the art of shipping
The theme for March is the art of shipping, aka creating, producing and publicly sharing a project. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Setting up a Daily Review
I walk through the new version of my Daily Review template and the mindset you should approach daily reviews/check-ins from. (a full transcript is available on the web...
The Business of Goal Setting
Did I forget to actually check in with my goals for the past two months? Yes. Yes I did. So let's fix that, yeah? (a full transcript is available on the website)
Building in public and where we go from here.
Thinking about my experience of building in public in the past and how to bring that more into play for the rest of this year. (a full transcript is available on the w...
What 60 days of daily podcasting has taught me.
60 days is a milestone. So I decided to do a reflective but celebratory episode about it. (a full transcript is available on the website)
On the systems that help you and the help they need from you.
A little riff on productivity systems and our relationship to them – this especially applies to knowledge workers. (a full transcript is available on the website)The S...
What is your time worth?
What if you looked at the tasks you have to do from a different angle? (a full transcript is available on the website)
Planning your day with your partner
Something that's been working to help me keep in sync with my partner despite having very different work schedules. (a full transcript is available on the website)
The typical week doesn't work for a lot of us.
An unfinished thought around how the way we're expected to schedule our lives doesn't really work anymore. (a full transcript is available on the website)
On async communication habits.
Thinking a little bit about habits and etiquette around async comms today. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Boredom is good. Let's seek out boredom.
This is a bit of a ramble but I was discussing boredom in adulthood (or the lack thereof) with some friends and decided to talk it out a bit on the podcast. :) (a full...
Scheduling deep immersion time.
My current system is failing me because it's against my nature. What would happen if I leaned into how I naturally work? (a full transcript is available on the website)
On being a teammate.
A little unfinished thought about how to be a teammate at work. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Energetic gratitude
Peaceful gratitude doesn't work for me, but energetic gratitude (a kind of visualization, you could say) does. (a full transcript is available on the website)
It's okay to ask for help.
Reflecting on a situation where I should have asked for help but I didn't. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Keep your door open.
Why you need a collaborator or just..exposure to other people and ideas. (a full transcript is available on the website)
It's counterintuitive to rest, do it anyway.
Recounting a lesson I have had to learn and re-learn time and time again. (a full transcript is available on the website)
What you want vs what you want to want
This is part of the same thought I had yesterday around generalists vs specialists, but tackles the desire angle instead. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Generalist vs Specialist
Exploring the idea of a generalized specialist – an unfinished thought I want to explore over a few days. Using a new microphone today, and clearly the audio needs som...
Forgiving yourself for your mistakes.
Let's just not beat ourselves up about our mistakes and deal with the aftermath more productively, yeah? (a full transcript is available on the website)
How to do great work ahead of your deadline.
Sharing some of the tactics I've used in the past to help myself perform better without being under the gun. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Why you do your best work right before that deadline.
A little rumination on why we do some of our best work at the last minute and why that's not so great. (a full transcript is available on the website)
The inevitable block you hit with any habit eventually.
Thinking out loud today about the future of The Daily 5 and reflecting on creative habits in general. (a full transcript is available on the website)
When it's hard to start, try a different approach.
Musing out loud on how to focus on deep work more, when it feels hard to start. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Notice. Wait. Take Action.
An unfinished thought about when to take action when you notice something going wrong. Not a big fan of the audio quality in this episode, you have been forewarned. (a...
On Balance
A very raw thought on balancing the different parts of our lives and context switching. (a full transcript is available on the website)
Don't grow too quickly.
An unfinished thought about growing too quickly and too much. (a full transcript is available on the website)The news about Apple – https://www.indiatimes.com/worth/ne...