"Four Thousand Weeks" by @oliverburkeman is one of my all-time favourite books. As someone with a productivity addiction, it was a massive wake-up call.
The 7 habits of highly effective people is a classic in the productivity space. It's almost 35 years old now but the wisdom in the book is timeless. Here's a quick summary of the 7 habits:
π΄ Improving the quality of your sleep is one of the most high-leverage things you can do. If you struggle with falling asleep quickly, try journalling in the evening.
Turn everyday problems into startup opportunities with these 4 simple steps: Observe, Ideate, Validate, and Iterate. Don't let market size hold you back from pursuing an idea that could change lives.
Thanks to the internet, weβre moving past an era of gatekeeping, where bosses and universities and venture capitalists decide who gets to try and who doesnβt.
It's so easy to pile things on to our already packed schedules. But if something is worth doing, then it's worth doing well. And, do more things well, you have to do fewer things overall.
The #buildinpublic community is my favourite on Twitter. Everyone here is ambitious and working hard on their own projects, but also ready to help and support. Here are some tips if you're new to the space. Part 2/2
The #buildinpublic community is my favourite on Twitter. Everyone here is ambitious and working hard on their own projects, but also ready to help and support. Here are some tips if you're new to the space. Part 1/2
Success often has more to do with avoiding bad decisions than it does to make good ones. Here are 4 of the top pitfalls you can fall into when making decisions.
Procrastination is often caused by fear of the sheer size of the mountain of work ahead of us. But as Lao Tzu says, "the man who moves mountains begins by carrying small stones."
Complexity creeps into everything. Sometimes we let it because it makes us feel like we're getting somewhere. Complexity looks sophisticated but simplicity is true sophistication.
Many of us want to share what we know online, but we hesitate because we think we need to be experts first. That's simply not true! In fact, not being an expert can make you a better teacher than the experts.
We often think luck is out of our control, while that's true for one type of luck, for the other types, it's certainly not. We can make our own luck by increasing our luck surface area.
The internet has powerful network effects. That means, if just one of the right people sees your work, it could change your life. Building in public can be life-changing.
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