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Build Alignment Using a Product Requirements Document

The PRD is the fastest way I have found to learn whether a group actually agrees, while it is still cheap to find out when it does not.

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Here's my in-office analog setup. I'll share my favorite offline tools and how I use each. I'll also share my favorite stationery shops.

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If you're sitting on years of Zettlekasten style notes and finding them harder to use as they grow, this is worth trying.

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I’ll walk through how I built a simple birthday bot using Google Sheets as the data source and Slack API for message delivery.

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When you’re first starting your career, you might find that college skills just aren’t transferable. I've had to relearn note-taking.

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I’ve found the act of creating a vision to be a useful way to dig deep and identify what I want my life to look like at work and at home.

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A Delivery Lead and second-time mom shares how she’s approaching pregnancy and building the support system she wished she had the first time.

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When my bus route recently detoured around major construction, I started brainstorming ways to take back my commute. Here are 100 of them.

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Elimination diets are used to identify food allergies and other sensitivities. What if you could use the elimination method on stressors?

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The sheer volume of messages often makes it impossible to spot truly important ones. Solution? Use Gmail filters so you only see what matters.

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A mind map is a simple tool that makes it easier to break down more complicated long-term goals and into easier-to-digest chunks.

Personal Optimization

You may not need all these tools. But maybe one or two of them would make your digital life a little calmer.