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Author Archives: Douglas E. Welch
How to harness your emotions to fuel creativity via Fast Company [Shared]
How to harness your emotions to fuel creativity via Fast Company Creativity is full of emotions—the reputational risk of not knowing how an idea will be received by stakeholders, the frustration of dealing with constraints and obstacles, conflict about directions … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Tips
Tagged advice, career, creativity, productivity, shared, work
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What I’m reading: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen
What I’m reading: The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen “This post contains affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, I may earn a commission. The Notebook is a deep dive into the … Continue reading
If you are useful, it doesn’t mean you are valued via Better Than Random [Shared]
If you are useful, it doesn’t mean you are valued via Better Than Random As you progress in your career, understanding the difference between being useful and being valued is very important. At first glance, they might look similar because … Continue reading
Accountability sinks via A Working Library [Shared]
I have seen this lack of accountability in real life many times. It allows any one employee to disavow responsibility for any action. “It is corporate policy. I can’t connect you with anyone else who can help you.” Even worse … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tips
Tagged accountabiity, book, Business, responsability, shared, writing
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Repair and Remain: How to do the slow, hard, good work of staying put by Kurt Armstrong [Shared]
Repair and Remain: How to do the slow, hard, good work of staying put by Kurt Armstrong Let’s say time comes to gut and renovate your bathroom: I can help you with that—demolition, framing, reworking the plumbing, moving some electrical, … Continue reading
The 4 Types of Luck by Sahil Bloom [Shared]
The 4 Types of Luck by Sahil Bloom The 4 Types of Luck In 1978, a neurologist named Dr. James Austin published a book entitled Chase, Chance, & Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty. In it, Dr. Austin proposed that … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, awareness, career, luck, motion, shared, Shared Items, think, thinking, uniqueness, work
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Start with the Jar: How to understand your capacity via Turtle’s Pace [Shared]
Start with the Jar: How to understand your capacity via Turtle’s Pace Optimism is dangerous, especially when it comes to planning our goals. If we underestimate the effort of an endeavor, we set ourselves up for failure. When we fail … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, capacity, career, life, planning, schedule, scheduling, shared, work
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How To Be More Intelligent 101 via Nicholas Bate [Shared]
How To Be More Intelligent 101 via Nicholas Bate 1. Read staggering amounts, regularly returning to the classics both fiction and non-fiction. 2. Write your own notes of your daily learnings aiming for super concise summaries. In that way you … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, creative, creativity, intelligence, intelligent, pdf, shared, thinking
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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber [Shared]
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber Full text of book is available in several formats on the web page. In the spring of 2013, I unwittingly set off a very minor international sensation. It all began when I was … Continue reading
The Art of Finishing via Bytedrum [Shared]
A concept for life in genreal, not just coding. – Douglas The Art of Finishing via Bytedrum “It’s a quiet Saturday afternoon. I’ve carved out a few precious hours for coding, armed with a steaming cup of coffee and the … Continue reading