I made a free course

Hey everyone, Hope you're having a great week. Here are a few things I've been writing, reading and pondering lately. Enjoy! 1. 5 Days to Better Content Marketing [https://www.jimmydaly.com/content-marketing-course/] I made a free course. It's simple—just five emails over…

Why Life Feels So Complicated

Hey everyone, Hope you're having a great week. Here are a few things I've been reading and pondering lately. Enjoy! 1. Why Life Always Seems to Get More Complicated [http://jamesclear.com/entropy] This is one of those rare insights that provides relief instead of anxiety.…

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…

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…