Saw this pic on the interwebs the other day, and it immediately brought to mind the writer’s version of the situation.
Careful who you listen to, kids. Nothing’s more aggravating than rewriting something that doesn’t really need it.
Category: Productivity
How to Stop the Inner Cringe When Good Things Happen to Others
Do you get filled with a horrible feeling of both anger and angst when you learn of someone else’s good fortune? Of course you do. It’s a natural thing. Especially in showbiz where, as the old saying often attributed to Woody Allen goes, “It’s not enough for me to succeed. All my friends have to fail.”
The ultimate product of such feelings can be success – because we work harder when we’re trying to outdo somebody else – or shame – because we know we shouldn’t be such resentful, um, pigs. This article examines the phenomenon and offers some sage advice for dealing with it:
Why Can’t We Just Be Happy For Each Other?
by Chinae Alexander
What’s that growing pit in your stomach when your friend announces she’s engaged, even though you knew this was the plan (hell you helped pick the ring!)? Shit, you even like the guy.
Be Unapologetically Focused
Everyone we know who has hit it big in showbiz has been so focused that they were scary. We’re talking so zeroed in on their goal and how to reach it that the rest of their lives were just a blur to them. The following article is one of the best ways we’ve seen this phenomenon put into words…in away mere mortals like us can learn from:
Why Having a Great Strategy Matters
by William Allen
We will never have enough time or resources to solve the problems we want to solve. To be successful, we need to focus, and that’s why great organizations have strategies.Strategy is a chronically overused word, thrown around with such regularity that its meaning is nearly lost. (When you are told you should do something because it is “strategic,” be skeptical: it is too often code for “just do what I say.”)
The Experts are the One Who Take Notes? WTF?
OMG! OMG! We saw this on LinkedIn. Linked Fucking In. Can you imagine?
If You Aren’t Taking Notes, You Aren’t Learning
by Ben Casnocha
Recently, Mark Zuckerberg addressed a large auditorium of young entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. He shared lessons from his journey and his perspective on the state of the internet industry. Every seat was taken, and the 20-somethings who aspired to entrepreneurial greatness were listening with rapt attention.
According to my friend who relayed this story, there were two older folks in the front row who stood out: John Doerr and Ron Conway. They are both legendary investors in Silicon Valley.
Digital tools don’t make students better writers
What? Rilly? Amaaazing–
In other words, we’re filing this in the “Why Are We Not Surprised? Department, because we know damn well that having more digital writing tools just makes us lazier writers instead of better ones.
Oh crap. We just gave away this whole article: