“An easy formula for getting great work done is make it exist, and then make it better.”
Life Lessons from a Thousand Tiny Experiences
How to Decrease Your Productivity and Improve the Quality of Your Work
“Last month, I ditched my top ten list. I kept the index card, but I limited myself to three tasks — a morning, afternoon and evening activity.”
How to Build an Iconic Brand
“Brands must nurture what makes them iconic instead of what makes them appear new and shiny.”
10 Ideas For The Interested This Week
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau
Three Things The Best Blog Posts Do
A blog post isn’t a diary entry.
Writing for yourself is fine and can be valuable, but it’s essentially a private exercise that many people happen to publish.
The true point of writing in public is to leverage your ideas and experiences to enlighten and inspire an audience to take action.
Life Explained as a Video Game
“When it comes to generating in-game currency, the most common strategy is to trade your play time for dollars.”
How to Learn 35 Things a Week
“Choose a keyword for the week. Even though this was good, I had to streamline it a more. My reading list was still crowded. I decided to filter this down based on a particular keyword for the entire week.”
A Five-Minute Trick to Transform Your Marketing
“Here’s the hard truth for marketers: clarity trumps creativity. Every time.”
How to Get Comfortable in a Chair
“Most people think the knees and hips should be at the same level, so that the angle between your torso and legs is 90 degrees. But you’ll be more comfortable — and less likely to slump — if that angle is bigger than 90 degrees.”
How to Write Short Emails
“A long email is a dead giveaway that the sender had a lot of extra time and emotional investment in the subject matter of the email, the person they’re sending the email to, or both.”