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New experience for me: I make an appearance in a 20-minute documentary about free open source software and the open web as a builder of the open web. The open parts are the most important parts. Variety calls it a rallying cry for users to fight for the open internet. It is. I d explain more [ ]
I have two daily work routines that keep me on track: my Workday Startup Routine and my Workday Shutdown Routine. The workday shutdown routine I ve had in my calendar for about three years, inspired by an old Cal Newport routine for ending your day. Cal Newport s Shutdown Ritual The idea is that doing this daily [ ]
Wouldn t it be great to always be on the same page in the pursuit of quality and excellence with your team and your organization? Those shared high standards would help keep you on track to shipping the best work possible every day. You d be staying ahead, as Jeff Bezos put it, of ever-rising customer expectations [ ]
About a decade ago, I decided I d like to be the type of person who collects wisdom and advice using a list of favourite quotes. I intermittently review them when I need to share advice with others — or myself when I wind up not heeding the advice within. Here are some of my favourites [ ]
Last week I came across these notes from The 12 Week Year and was impressed again at how neatly that book summarizes the essentials for managing your time to achieve ambitious goals. They re mostly direct quotes and my condensation of a section in the book titled The Five Disciplines. While the 12 Week Year is focused on [ ]
Every week, I m in several 1-1 meetings. Biweekly with the manager I report in to, and at various frequencies and lengths with the managers and individual contributors that report in to me. When I have good time zone overlap with people I try and hold them for 30 minutes weekly. When time zone overlap is [ ]
‘To reckless courage in incurring dangers he united the greatest judgement when in the midst of them,’ wrote Livy. This is the difference between leadership and plain bravery. From Hannibal by Ernle Bradford and, of course, Livy. While there s a difference between just being brave and showing leadership, this has me wondering how I might [ ]
I came across this recent video from Vicky Zhao last week and loved her brief summary of how she grew in her ability to clearly articulate ideas on the spot by getting to the point, using story structure from improv, and forcing specificty in sharp, boilerplate phrasing with clever mental models. Highly recommended watch. I [ ]
Huang prefers an agile corporate structure, with no fixed divisions or hierarchy. Instead, employees submit a weekly list of the five most important things they are working on. Brevity is encouraged, as Huang surveys these e-mails late into the night. Huang communicates to his staff by writing hundreds of e-mails per day, often only a [ ]
You are a manager and a leader because you cannot do everything yourself, and your impact is going to increase dramatically as you work through your team. The process of achieving impact through others and increasing that leverage by growing the ability of others to execute and add to the direction you are providing is [ ]