Productivity
by juarry · updated 13d ago
Productivity
- “The phone gives us a lot but it takes away three key elements of discovery: loneliness, uncertainty, and boredom. Those have always been where creative ideas come from.” —Lynda Barry
from Keep Going: a book by Austin Kleon by Austin Kleon
juarry added 3mo ago
Rookies think it’s because they didn’t work hard enough, but in reality it’s because they didn’t plan hard enough.
from Frictionless Freelancing by Aaron Mahnke
juarry added 3mo ago
good time management depends on finding a way to live gracefully in this both/and (not either/or) place.
from Awakening in Time by Pamela Kristan
juarry added 3mo ago
- I could spend my entire life checking off items on my to-do list, and in the end, it would make very little difference. I didn’t want my epitaph to read, “She got a lot of stuff done.” Instead, I had to figure out how I, and I alone, could make a difference—and this was as true for my homelife as it was for my professional one.
juarry added 13d ago
Tiffany Dufu
The true test, though, is learning to guess at how long something will take
from Frictionless Freelancing by Aaron Mahnke
juarry added 3mo ago
- Let go of the thing that you’re trying to be (the noun), and focus on the actual work you need to be doing (the verb). Doing the verb will take you someplace further and far more interesting.
from Keep Going: a book by Austin Kleon by Austin Kleon
juarry added 3mo ago
Protect your momentum, and your client’s trust, by shutting it all off.
from Frictionless Freelancing by Aaron Mahnke
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Just like listening in the dark, take notice of the moments of your day when you experience the most frustration, stress or disappointment.
from Frictionless Freelancing by Aaron Mahnke
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capturing things is the key to freelancing victory.
from Frictionless Freelancing by Aaron Mahnke
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