Your Network Is a Job Skill
“Your skills matter, but they’ll only get you so far. In the modern workforce, networked knowledge and experience–when the a team’s collective expertise e...
Author: EBenedict
How to Overcome the Pressure You Feel to Keep up with Everything
“You can’t keep up. There is no way. And trying to keep up will probably just make you dumber.You can never be current on everything you think you s...
You Don’t Have a Time Management Problem — You Just Think You Do
Three ways to end the overwhelm.
Seven Ways to Build Closer Relationships with People
“The more you can give to other people in any aspect of your life, the closer people will feel to you. Takers who ask ‘What can you do for me?’ have a more diff...
Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Blogging
“If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault.”
Don’t Confuse Habits and Routines
“Unlike a routine, which feels uncomfortable to do, in the case of a habit, not doing a behavior feels bad.”
Five Children’s Books Every Adult Should Read
“Those of us who write for children are trying to arm them for the life ahead with everything we can find that is true. And perhaps also, secretly, to arm adult...
How to Ask for a Flexible Work Schedule
“The bulk of your ask should be around how this is going to make you a better worker or make the results better for the team.”
The Definitive Guide to Email Marketing
“Email converts 40x more leads into customers than Facebook and Twitter combined.”
The Most Important Way to Measure Your Day
“Your to-do list won’t be remembered in one-hundred years time, but the impact you had on the lives of your fellow human beings will be remembered beyond ...