Personal Development

Erich C. Dierdorff, Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship, DePaul University

Erich defines the three skills underlying time management: awareness, arrangement, & adaptation. He then explains how to prioritize and improve each of these skills.

Alex MacCaw, CEO & Founder, Clearbit

Alex breaks time management down into a series of activities: • Regular calendar audits • Block off a "Top Goal" event in your calendar for each day • Spend your time on high-leverage activities • Proactively schedule in recreation • Regular energy audits

Zainab Ghadiyali, Product Lead, Airbnb

Zainab describes some common assumptions behind time management, and then argues that it is really about prioritization, not doing more. She then provides a framework for different types of work and a 5-step process to focus on the right things.

Pete Flint, Managing Partner, NFX

Pete describes the time management techniques he used as CEO of Trulia, which include: • Use routines (and speed) to reduce cognitive load • Run High Leverage Meetings • Delegate & Say No • Constantly Recalibrate Your Focus • Adjust Time Management Techniques As You Scale

Bill Burnett, Executive Director, Design Program, Stanford University

This 270-page book was published in 2016 and became a frequently recommended #1 New York Times Bestseller. The authors describe how design thinking can help us intentionally create a life that is meaningful and fulfilling.

Bill Burnett, Executive Director, Design Program, Stanford University

This is a prompt for an activity called a Workview. It provides questions that help you address the critical issues related to what work is and means to you and your definition of what good work deserves to be.

Roli Saxena, President, AdRoll Business, NextRoll

Roli explains how to recognize and combat burnout. • Tell-tale signs • Triggers and permissions • Your anti-burnout toolkit • The virtue of boundaries • Rocks and sand • Building a burnout-conscious workplace • The dividends

Mekka Okereke, Director Of Engineering, Google

In this Twitter thread, Mekka suggests that an effect way to battle imposter syndrome is to first view it as a problem with the environment, not with the person experiencing it.

Caitlin Hudon, Lead Data Scientist, Web.com

Caitlin explains why she sees imposter syndrome as particularly prevalent in data science, but her suggestions for combatting it is applicable across domains. • Why is imposter syndrome so prevalent in data science? • My secret for dealing with imposter syndrome • Community-wide techniques for reducing imposter syndrome

Ruchika Tulshyan, Founder & CEO, Candour

The authors unpack the biases, assumptions, and risks built into the term "imposter syndrome". • Examining Imposter Syndrome as We Know It • Feeling Unsure Shouldn’t Make You an Imposter • Bias and Exclusion Exacerbate Feelings of Doubt • Confidence Doesn’t Equal Competence • Fixing Bias, Not Women