ARTICLES
To Be the Best, You Need to Be 10x Better
Whether you’re creating an innovative mobile user interface or a brand new web series, competition in the creative industry is as stiff.
How One Meeting Can Waste 300,000 Company Hours
The number of people at a meeting can exponentially depletes the company’s time.
The Most Productive Meetings Are 37.5 Minutes Long
Time spent together is not always time spent getting work done.
Innovation Requires Failure
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman famously said, “If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”
Kill The Dreaded Status Meeting
We’ve all been to the notorious status meeting, where in a round-robin fashion everyone says what they’re working on.
Skip Monday Blues with Sort-Your-Life-Out Sundays
“Sunday is [for] reflections, feedback, strategy and getting ready for the rest of the week.”
The Zero Notification Challenge
Co-founder and CEO of Buffer, Joel Gascoigne, undertook an experiment in which he disabled all notifications on his phone.
How to Deal (or Not Deal) with Phone Calls
Do you get pissed off whenever someone asks you to setup a “quick call” to chat?
Recover from Failure with a Deep-Tissue Post-Mortem
Get a “deep-tissue post-mortem” to thoroughly recover from failure.
Struggling to Explain? Say It like They’re Twelve.
Have you ever met with blank stares when trying to explain a difficult concept?
Stop Perfecting: Move Before You Are Ready
When do you decide to pitch a client that’s out of your league?
End Holiday Email Tyranny via Auto-Delete
The forefathers of the eight-hour-movement are probably turning in their graves, as new research found that the average worker is almost umbilically tied to their work email.
Stop Dirty Networking: Make Friends, Not Contacts
Research has found that people who engage in “instrumental networking,” where the goal is career advancement, made people actually feel physically dirty.
When Is Something “Good Enough” to Ship?
As creative professionals, we’re seldom satisfied with our output because it’s seldom perfect.
Avoid Failure with a Premortem
By making it safe for resistors to voice their concerns during the planning phase, you can improve your project’s chance for success.
Paralyzed by an Overwhelming Task? Count to 5.
More often than not, the hard things are also the most important things.
Embrace JOMO (Joy of Missing Out)
FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) often leads you to reluctantly accept invitations to things that ultimately drain your time and energy.
Public Speaking 101: Focus on Your Topic & the Words Will Come
A study from last year confirmed that many people find public speaking to be more anxiety-inducing than death.