Thought provoking
"Your calendar is the most honest autobiography you'll ever write.
It doesn't matter what you say your priorities are; your calendar reveals the truth. Each block is a decision about what matters, stripped of pretense and rationalization.
Your calendar isn't just recording your time—it's exposing your lies."
via @farnamstreet
The conventional strategy for subtraction is to do it by default: Procrastinate on everything that isn’t a priority. Rebel against the escalating commitments on your time. Opt out and ignore.
Scott Young • You’re Trying to Do Too Much
Start here
37signals.com
In our design sprints, we found that if we ended each workday before people were exhausted, the week’s productivity increased dramatically. Even shortening the day by thirty minutes made a big difference.
Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky • Make Time
“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”
— Mary Kay Ash
A principle isn’t a principle until it costs you something.
- Bill Bernbach
To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just redo it, redo it, redo it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.
Kevin Kelly • 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice
No one ever complained that their team was too aligned.