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Good work advice
I added a sample intro email to my studio contact page and it’s been a delight to have a few folks use it. (Anecdote, not data, but everyone that’s used it turned out to be a delightful client.) https://t.co/EDxZiwgmW0
I NEED to have this
The thing is, we all know that work isn’t everything, but the way we spend our attention suggests otherwise. The constant accessibility of work creates the culture of busyness, not just with our time but also with our mind. Not only are our calendars filled with colorful event reminders, but even the spaces in between them are occupied by scattered... See more
Lawrence Yeo • The Omnipresence of Work - More To That
Potentially something I could replicate
Practical guides on how to design more accessible UI - found pretty useful what I’ve read so far
To re-explore once in a while
« You won’t lose your job to AI, you’ll lose your job to someone using AI. »
This is another recurring idea in the public discourse. I don’t like it. I think it instills fear by stressing the idea of scarcity (jobs will be lost) and asking people to compete for the now scarce resource (learn AI or suffer).
I prefer a more benevolent stance, even
... See moreI’ve always hated that stock phrase as well. This is a brilliant reframe
A candidate just pulled a brilliant salary negotiation move:
Most ppl: “If you don’t increase my salary to $X, I won’t join.”
This candidate: “I’m going to join, even if you don’t increase my salary to $X, but I’d LOVE if you did!”
She got the full salary... See more
What a great way to come across, motivated, confident, yet secretly manipulating the employer into giving you the increase
It begins to feel as though you’re failing at life, in some indistinct way, if you’re not treating your time off as an investment in your future. Sometimes this pressure takes the form of the explicit argument that you ought to think of your leisure hours as an opportunity to become a better worker (“Relax! You’ll Be More Productive,” reads the... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
How do you stop treating your time off as an investment in your future?