It's time to stop "hustling"

Hey everyone, Hope you're having a great week. Here are a few things I've been reading and pondering lately. Enjoy! 1. Why I Stopped Hustling [https://www.groovehq.com/blog/knocking-the-hustle] Preach, Alex Turnbull, preach! > But I think [Gary Vaynerchuk's] message of “never…

Why every business should study waiting lines

Hey everyone, Hope you're having a great week. Here are a few things I've been reading and pondering lately. Enjoy! 1. The Psychology of Waiting Lines [http://www.columbia.edu/~ww2040/4615S13/Psychology_of_Waiting_Lines.pdf] (PDF) This paper from Harvard Business School professor David…

How to solve problems with sub-problems (and a dog GIF)

Hey everyone, Hope you're having a great week. Here are a few things I've been reading and pondering lately. Enjoy! 1. The Iceberg Theory of User Feedback [https://customer.io/blog/iceberg-theory-user-feedback.html] It's really hard to get good feedback from your customers [https:…

How to build your own tools

Hey All, Here are a few things I've been writing, reading and pondering recently. Enjoy and if you're feeling inspired, pass it on. 1. How to Run an Editorial Workflow with Airtable + Zapier [https://www.jimmydaly.com/how-to-run-a-content-pipeline-with-airtable/] Airtable is the lovechild of Trello and Google…

How to Edit Your Own Writing

It's really hard to edit your own writing. Wired reporter Nick Stockton explains [https://www.wired.com/2014/08/wuwt-typos/] that revising your own work is difficult "because what we see on the screen is competing with the version that exists in our heads." This is…

13 Random Links

Every now and then, I like to mix up the format of this newsletter. This is one of those issues. Here are some interesting things I've stumbled across recently. * Here are the most highlighted Kindle books of all-time [http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-kindles-most-highlighted-books-2014-6] . * Zapier can now be used…

Happiness ≠ Productivity

Hey All, Here are a few things I've been reading and pondering lately. Enjoy this week's issue and if you're feeling inspired, pass it on. 1. The Case for Being Grumpy at Work [https://qz.com/929348/why-being-grumpy-at-work-is-good-for-you/] Managers seem to think that happiness…