How to cope even when work is hard.
Stop Working So Hard
In response to a thoughtful reply from John Carmack, I share some thoughts on why we all need to stop working so damn hard.
How to be more productive without forcing yourself
Imagine you could work more and be wildly productive. And you wouldn’t need to force yourself to work.
How to Stay Productive When You Hate Your Job
Strategies for making it through the day when you’re bored, miserable, and still have work to do
Frustrated at Work? That Might Just Lead to Your Next Breakthrough (Published 2019)
Don’t discount the misfits on your team.
Work Smarter: The Cocktail of Simplicity, Manageable Adversity, and Muntzing
Sometimes deliberate roadblocks can be a good thing to get more efficient and effective products and workflow. Here's how.
Maybe you should do less “work”
Working in tech, I've observed developers who work as hard as possible when they don't need to. I’m here today to tell you that it's a bad idea and you shouldn't do it.
The solution to (nearly) everything: working less | Rutger Bregman
Excessive work and pressure are status symbols. But overtime is deadly. If we worked less we’d make fewer errors, address inequality and have a better life
Feeling unproductive? Maybe you should stop overthinking.
In order to get something done, maybe we need to think less.
It’s Time to Embrace Slow Productivity
We need fewer things to work on. Starting now.
Less stress, more productivity: why working fewer hours is better for you and your employer
There’s always too much work to be done on software projects, too many features to implement, too many bugs to fix. Some days you’re just not going through the backlog fast enough, you’re not producing enough code, and it’s taking too long to fix a seemingly-impossible bug. And to make things worse you’re wasting time in pointless meetings instead of getting work done. Once it gets bad enough you can find yourself always scrambling, working overtime just to keep up. Pretty soon it’s just expected, and you need to be available to answer emails at all hours even when there are no emergencies. You’re tired and burnt out and there’s still just as much work as before. The real solution is not working even harder or even longer, but rather the complete opposite: working fewer hours.
Why It's So Hard to Focus at Work (Hint: It's not you, it's your workplace)
The workplace is overloaded with distractions. Here's why (and how) companies should protrect their most important asset – their team's attention.
How to make Slack less bad for you | Robert Heaton
Slack claim to be in the business of "making your working life simpler, more pleasant, and more productive". We’re about to be cynical, so let’s acknowledge that this claim is probably at least par...
Please stop multitasking. I’m begging you. Please.
The greatest trick we ever pulled on ourselves as knowledge workers was convincing ourselves we could juggle multiple projects with no consequences.
