The Startup Index: #13
50 Short Habits Super Productive People Practice Every Day
Photo: Andrey Avdeenko/ AB GAMES Kyiv Studio
Hello,
Happy Thursday,
A quote I’m pondering: Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. //Robert L Stevenson
Essays of the Week
50 Short Habits Super Productive People Practice Every Day — Real productivity is the ability to get essential things done in less time. It’s also about managing your energy or matching specific tasks to your energy level to get them done…
The Tactical Guide to Making Better Decisions When Starting and Scaling Companies —“You’re slogging your way through an uncertain system. Outcomes and decisions are loosely linked, and there’s so much hidden information.”
Optimizing for Luck — I think of luck as seemingly arbitrary things that happen to you along the course of your life. In my experience, there’s definitely a way to increase the likelihood that these arbitrary things occur more frequently in your favor.
The 100-Hour Rule: Forgotten Study Shows How You Can Become World-Class In 100 Hours — The year is 1976. Anders Ericsson is an unknown, newly minted PhD. Little does he know that he is on the verge of what would be…
5 Ways To Boost Your Career Progression In 2022 — We are in an extremely interesting market for talent lately. Especially for roles that are in high demand like marketing, product, and project management. Top talent now has the power…
The Ultimate Growth Strategy Guide: 26 Growth Strategy Techniques From 7 Tech Startups — "If you build it, they will come." A memorable quote from the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams" with Kevin Costner.
A tool I find repeatedly useful — Refind: The essence of the web, every morning in your inbox. Thousands of busy people start their day with their personalized digest by Refind. Sign up for free and pick your favorite topics and thought leaders.
10 Visuals that Will change how You view productivity — A thread of illustrations to visualize ideas to help you be more productive and achieve your goals.
A concept worth understanding — “Scout Mindset: We tend to approach discourse with a "soldier mindset"; an intention to defend our own beliefs and defeat opponents'. A more useful approach is to adopt a "scout mindset"; an intention to explore and gather information.” — Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
A Twitter Thread Worth Reading — Lessons From 120 Legendary Founders and Investors
Until Next Week,
Be Epic!
Thomas