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by Jared Goralnick
When it comes to friendships and relationships, is it fair to apply principles of productivity…or is it not only a waste of time but perhaps even harsh and potentially damaging?
I say if you’ve got a system that works for you, then by all means apply it to the people in your life, too. It’ll not only help your sanity but your relationships.
by Jared Goralnick
Whether it’s building a business relationship, following their advice, or seeking inspiration, it helps to know who’s “made it” in your field.
In asking around amongst friends, it seems they don’t know The Experts, or consider them well out of reach…not realizing that these people serve as both role models and character foils to the careers they’re building.
So here are some ideas around finding and, perhaps, getting to know The Experts.
by Jared Goralnick
Today I’m presenting at the TECH cocktail Conference in Chicago, and the following is a guide to the timesaving material that will be discussed.
Whether you’re viewing this from the conference or just stopping by from elsewhere, I hope this will serve as a resource for:
by Jared Goralnick
I know your secret because it’s mine, too: even busy, hard-working people finish everything they need to. We (well, if you’d call me hard working) get to a point where we could do more work, but no deadline or emergency has tied us to our desks. The best thing in this circumstance is to leave work and do something else.
The fact that I have to spell this out and even write this post is the problem. Face it: many of us are little worker bees who don’t feel right about taking a break during traditional business hours.
by Jared Goralnick
Though it’s the best time of the year to be outside here in DC, fresh air comes in many other forms. Surrounding yourself with that is what keeps me breathing easier–and generally sane. So what the heck am I talking about–and how do you find it?
Fresh air for me has many names,
by Jared Goralnick
The following is a short video that explains why I created AwayFind (and touches on how to batch your email). I delivered this as a presentation to the School of Blogging Conference in Chicago (under the parameters of 20 slides presented in 5 minutes). I hope you’ll enjoy this, and will participate in the private beta. Feel free to skip to 0:42 for the meat of the presentation…
by Jared Goralnick
Three quarters of the meetings that “merit a face-to-face” really don’t. It’s not “telecommuting” (that’s so 1997) and it shouldn’t even be called “working remotely”–it’s just WORKING. I’m putting my foot down and removing any distinction. Working from home has greatly improved my business, my sanity, and my life. So I’m opening up the kimono here on my tools. No, you don’t need to come in, you can read this from anywhere in the world.
by Jared Goralnick
Actually it’s curiosity that prevented him from ever becoming one. There are formulas, many formulas for spreading your message or building a personal brand online. These formulas actually work, but not if you let curiosity be the death of you first. Here you’ll find advice on spending your time a little more wisely on the internet so that you find your formula and stick with it.
by Jared Goralnick
The concept of “sunk cost” is often lost outside of economics–but if we dropped more things from our lives we’d be happier and more productive with our time.
Sunk cost: When one makes a hopeless investment, one sometimes reasons: I can’t stop now, otherwise what I’ve invested so far will be lost. This is true, of course, but irrelevant to whether one should continue to invest in the project. Everything one has invested is lost regardless. If there is no hope for success in the future from the investment, then the fact that one has already lost a bundle should lead one to the conclusion that the rational thing to do is to withdraw from the project.
by Jared Goralnick
We’re never so vulnerable than when we trust someone – but paradoxically, if we cannot trust, neither can we find love or joy
-Walter Anderson
However much you trust the people that work for you–trust them more. If no one reports to you, trust that someone could…and find them. The greatest barrier to getting other people to do your work is you.
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Is there any doubt that email is a serious timesuck? I've built a small web tool that helps you to get the heck away from email—so that you can do real work on the job, or vacation in peace. If you like what I write about here, I think you'll enjoy AwayFind.
For 8 years I've run a small tech/productivity consultancy in DC. These days I focus on AwayFind, a web startup that helps people to stop checking their email. I also put a lot of energy into the DC tech community as the organizer for Bootstrap Maryland and co-organizer of Ignite DC. I'm open to speaking and partnership opportunities.
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