Emilie Kormienko
@emiliekormienko
community designer @startupy.
Emilie Kormienko
Hard data on the prevalence of burnout is elusive since it’s not yet a clinical term separate from stress. Some researchers say that as few as 7% of professionals have been seriously impacted by burnout. But others have documented rates as high as 50% among medical residents and 85% among financial professionals.
Harvard Business Review • 4 Steps to Beating Burnout
All community experiences are either synchronous or asynchronous – most great communities have a combination of both. When your members can experience your community in a consistent, repetitive way, it will make it easier for them to develop a habit of coming back. Set rituals and be repetitive.
David Spinks • The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
EZRA KLEIN: One thing I like about analytics is that outside of the context of simply argue about the flaws of analytics, not having them allows you to bullshit yourself a lot. Allows you to bullshit yourself about whether or not people are reading you, what you’re really doing here, are you serving an audience. But then having them allows you to... See more
C. Thi Nguyen • Are We Measuring Our Lives in All the Wrong Ways?
People doing grounded, strong strategic work will look kooky, different, or maybe even self-indulgent. But that work is extremely important, and you should celebrate it.
Alex Komoroske • Coordination Headwind - How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds
When I encounter some new decision, or some fork in the road, I ask myself, “Will I regret having done this, or not having done this, as I’m laying on my deathbed?” It’s a bit morbid and uncomfortable, but damn is it clarifying. Because it always points me in the direction my soul yearns to go, and it undermines the stories my intellect has spun up... See more
Author Address • The Ungated Manifesto
We agree to many requests not because we want to do them, but because we don't want to be seen as rude, arrogant, or unhelpful. Often, you have to consider saying no to someone you will interact with again in the future—your co-worker, your spouse, your family and friends.
James Clear • The Ultimate Productivity Hack Is Saying No
community growth and
Like a person, a community will have a personality, and the right people will feel drawn to that personality.
David Spinks • The Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive Advantage
Belief in future value is often one of the most powerful drivers of demand. Bitcoin has no cash flow, no staking rewards, nothing. It just has the belief that it could be a long term store of value to rival gold. Or more ambitious beliefs like definancialization and hyper-bitcoinization. But it’s all beliefs at the end of the day.