Personal Development
Skills
Motivation
Productivity
- Time Management Is About More Than Life Hacks
Erich defines the three skills underlying time management: awareness, arrangement, & adaptation. He then explains how to prioritize and improve each of these skills.
- The Manager's Handbook: Managing your time & calendar
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
- On Time Management - Focus On What Matters
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.
- High Leverage Time Management
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
- Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
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.
- Designing Your Life: Workview Reflection
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.
- Practical Frameworks for Beating Burnout
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's Twitter Thread on Imposter Syndrome
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.
- Imposter Syndrome in Data Science
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
- Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome
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