The Best Auto-Reply Email I’ve Ever Seen
Today I sent an email to a successful lawyer I know. In response, I got not only the best auto-reply I’ve ever received, but also an email that could actually c...
Author: Josh Spector
How To Feel Better At Work And Avoid Burnout
“Examine where you are spending most of your time, and look for ways to shift some of the tasks you don’t like off your plate and ways to take on more of the re...
How Facebook Is Changing Your Internet
“One in five minutes spent online are spent on Facebook. It’s a cyber kingdom with a population of over two billion. That power has made the leaders of many cou...
6 Examples Of Success Advice You Should Ignore
Success advice is everywhere. But most of it’s wrong. People tell you anybody can be successful, but they’re wrong. If anybody could do it, everybody would do i...
How To Write More Effective Emails In Less Time
“Squishy words are your greatest enemy. Self-defeating phrases like ‘I feel,’ ‘I’m not sure,’ ‘perhaps,’ using the passive voice, or pretty much any adverbs was...
To Form A New Habit, Train Like An Amateur
“Instead of wishing you could ‘Be like Mike,’ you need to focus on and enjoy the small everyday tasks in order to accomplish those long-standing stubborn goals ...
How To Use Procrastination As An Opportunity
“Our tendency to procrastinate is exactly how we’ll see how our minds work, and learn to be better at all the difficulties of life. Because life will always hav...
If You Can’t Be Organized For Yourself, Maybe You Can Do It For Others
“Being close to someone who is consistently all over the place requires a tremendous amount of emotional labor — reminding them to please take care of that task...
Why 2017 Is Filled With Jerks
“Nasty behavior spreads much faster than nice behavior, unfortunately. Research shows that even a single exposure to negative behavior, like receipt of an insul...
9 Ideas Shaping The Future Of Design
“The discipline of design will be forced to think about the outcomes of our work in a much more long-term context — literally what future do we want to create a...