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The Best & Worst Things To Do When You’re Overwhelmed

The Best & Worst Things To Do When You’re Overwhelmed

The room may spin. Maybe your palms are a little sweaty. And maybe your breath is even shallow, quicker… Your body's sending signals that it's nervous, perhaps even panicky. It might almost feel like something's bearing down on you. And that something? It's your...

What’s the fritter-to-value ratio?

Every application we use has a fritter-to-value ratio. Some are pretty low, like a (simple, non-graphing) calculator: you push the buttons, you get your answer. Basically no frittering to get the result you want. The fritter-to-value ratio is really low. But then...

Forward From The Precipice of Completion

The Rush of the Start Getting started on something is easy in a lot of ways. There's the excitement of a novel undertaking, the rush of charging headlong into a new foray. There's a lot to learn (my favorite part), a lot to explore for the first time, so much to...

Nitpicking: Why We Do It & 2 Questions To Stop Doing It

After you've handed off a task or project to a team member, there will come a point in time when you see the results of that person's work. You may be pleased. You may be disappointed. Or you may be nitpicky. If you catch yourself being nitpicky with someone else's...

Why I Stopped Working With Busy People

I no longer work with busy people. I work with people who have a lot on their plates, a lot to do, are inundated with opportunities and projects, and who find it useful to have an extra brain and an extra set of hands to help them accomplish all of it. I love working...