A User Review of the Procrastination Equation
Piers Steel's Procrastination Equation is a reasonably effective method of tackling procrastination. Here are some challenges I discovered when putting it to practice.
Piers Steel's Procrastination Equation is a reasonably effective method of tackling procrastination. Here are some challenges I discovered when putting it to practice.
From Gary Klein's book The Power of Intuition comes a useful overview of dealing with uncertainty.
Notes on augmenting ‘Get Things Done’ time management with a three-tiered model of personal review.
April Dunford's book on product positioning is awesome, and has some overlap with those of us who are interested in positioning an individual career.
Peak is a 2016 book from K. Anders Ericsson, the leading authority on deliberate practice. It covers 30 years of research into the field, but ultimately fails as a practical guide to putting it to practice.
Ken Kocienda's book is about how Apple builds software in the time of Steve Jobs. Highly recommended, especially if you're a software engineer.
Greg Wilson's Teaching Tech Together is ostensibly about teaching computer programming, but contains a wonderfully written section on how humans learn.
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A summary of everything a practitioner needs to know about memory retention when learning, in the pursuit of building career moats.
The rise of the knowledge worker is probably linked to the rise of meditation and mindfulness. When you are paid for your thinking, it pays to have your thinking be the best it can possibly be.
If it's possible to do so, it might be worth it to create a portfolio of mutually-reinforcing career activities. Productivity writer Tiago Forte argues that to do this, consider the point of diminishing returns for each activity, and allocate accordingly.