Emilie Kormienko

There’s nothing wrong with spelling things out in detail for people if your product needs to be complex, but remember that the longer the onboarding process, the more necessary it will be to show new users some form of progress throughout it.

When onboarding is designed correctly, it increases the likelihood of successful adoption, and can drive major growth and retention for your product.

A game’s essence revolves around playing it. Create a game to be played, not to make a profit out of it.

The idea behind Web 3.0 is to combine the decentralized ideals of Web 1.0, with the consumer-friendly user experience of 2.0.

Thanks to the pioneering research of psychologist Christina Maslach and several collaborators, we know that burnout is a three-component syndrome that arises in response to chronic stressors on the job. Let’s examine each symptom—exhaustion, cynicism, and inefficacy—in turn.

Distrust breeds more distrust. If you're already distrustful of someone, it's easy to find more confirming evidence.

Put more directly, The Pattern is partly about the systems we live in, partly about our innate drive to fit in, compete, and seek status, and partly about wanting to feel secure in increasingly complex, chaotic world.

Average college students learn ideas once. The best college students re-learn ideas over and over. Average employees write emails once. Elite novelists re-write chapters again and again. Average fitness enthusiasts mindlessly follow the same workout routine each week. The best athletes actively critique each repetition and constantly improve their... See more

Broadly, the best way to get better at developing strategy: s pend time understanding your market (including your competition); s pend time understanding your customers and their needs; spend time crafting and executing strategies — and learn from those experiences; study colleagues who are great strategic thinkers; read about strategy.