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/home/terpfan11/public_html/apersonyoushouldknow.com/wp-content/themes/founder/inc/customizer.php on line 4 Productivity – A Person You Should Know http://apersonyoushouldknow.com Tue, 02 May 2017 18:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Jon Westenberg http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/jonwestenberg/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/jonwestenberg/#respond Wed, 25 May 2016 08:11:04 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2191 Writer. Founder, Get Mean. Thinks to get more productive you need to get mean – with yourself, your loved ones, and your tasks. Suggests you…]]>

Writer. Founder, Get Mean.

Thinks to get more productive you need to get mean – with yourself, your loved ones, and your tasks.

Suggests you challenge yourself to fail every day and has a system to help you do so.

“Humans are beautiful, but we suck at remembering it.”

Believes reading is a secret weapon and thinks if you want to accomplish anything of value you need to challenge yourself to read more.

Suggests three ways to get back your sense of adventure including to find the smallest way to embrace your passions.

“Perfection is a game you can’t win, because the rules keep changing and you’re only playing against yourself.”

Believes working for yourself is not freedom and that it’s actually the hardest career path you could choose.

Thinks anything worth doing takes years and doesn’t start anything he’s not willing to commit five years of his life to.

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/jonwestenberg/feed/ 0 Steven Pressfield http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/stevenpressfield/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/stevenpressfield/#respond Fri, 13 May 2016 08:11:47 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2153 Author, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles and Do The Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of…]]>

Author, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles and Do The Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way.

Believes the way to overcome the negative voices in your head is to treat your work like a pro and keep showing up. (video)

Sees art as a war between ourselves and the forces of self-sabotage that would stop us from doing our work.

“The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.”

Suggests you put your ass where your heart wants to be in order to get what you want. (video)

Has 12 tips to overcome procrastination including to be patient and avoid over-identifying with your job.

“The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.”

Thinks there’s no shortcut to finding your voice and that you have to be prepared to pay the price.

Suggests four questions to help you find your calling. (video)

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/stevenpressfield/feed/ 0 Ron Friedman http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/ronfriedman/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/ronfriedman/#respond Mon, 09 May 2016 08:11:35 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2135 Social Psychologist. Author, The Best Place To Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace. Believes there are three insights every leader should…]]>

Social Psychologist. Author, The Best Place To Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace.

Believes there are three insights every leader should know including that to stay passionate we need growth and that workplace friendships improve productivity. (video)

Thinks there are five myths of great workplaces including that everyone is happy and that they hire for cultural fit.

“Mistakes are the tuition you pay for success.”

Suggests work should get a little harder every day or else you will lose interest in it.

Thinks there are 9 things productive people do differently including recognize that busyness is just a lack of focus and intentionally leave important tasks incomplete.

“When your attempt rate is high, each individual failure becomes a lot less significant.”

Believes how you spend the first 10 minutes of your day can determine its success.

Thinks collaborations often lead to weaker results because they breed false confidence and introduce pressure to conform.

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/ronfriedman/feed/ 0 Heidi Grant Halvorson http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/heidigranthalvorson/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/heidigranthalvorson/#respond Wed, 04 May 2016 08:11:15 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2121 Social Psychologist, Motivation Science Center at Columbia Business School. Author, No One Understands You and What to Do About It. Believes you can learn how…]]>

Social Psychologist, Motivation Science Center at Columbia Business School. Author, No One Understands You and What to Do About It.

Believes you can learn how to make people better understand you (video).

Suggests two things you can do to override the assumptions others make about you including to make an accurate first impression and to recognize what it takes to overcome other people’s confirmation bias.

“Human beings have a strong tendency to distort other people’s feedback to fit their own views.”

Thinks overconfidence can be caused by other people mistaking arrogance for ability.

Believes in order to overcome your bias you have to first recognize that everybody is biased.

“People don’t just want to be seen positively by others – they want to be seen the way they see themselves.”

Suggests three strategies to make yourself work when you don’t want to including to use if-then planning and to adopt a prevention focus.

Thinks you’ll be more likely to be successful if you adopt a “get better” mindset. (video)

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/heidigranthalvorson/feed/ 0 Cal Newport http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/calnewport/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/calnewport/#respond Mon, 02 May 2016 08:11:48 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2112 Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University. Author, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Believes “follow your passion” is bad advice…]]>

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University. Author, Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World.

Believes “follow your passion” is bad advice because most people don’t have a pre-existing passion. (video)

Thinks a secret to better manage your email is to write longer emails.

“Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.”

Suggests you create an attention charter for yourself to better control how you spend your time and attention.

Believes the key to productivity is deep work – the ability to work for extended periods of time on a single task free from distraction.

“If you can’t learn, you can’t thrive.”

Has a system to help you plan every minute of your work day.

Thinks three months is the right amount of time to spend on an important project because it’s long enough to get it done, but not too long to lose your focus on it.

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/calnewport/feed/ 0 Eric Karjaluoto http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/erickarjaluoto/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/erickarjaluoto/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2016 08:11:07 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2035 Co-Founder, Officehours. Creative Director, smashLAB. Author, The Design Method and Speak Human. Has written a manifesto for a happy creative life that includes recommendations to…]]>

Co-Founder, Officehours. Creative Director, smashLAB. Author, The Design Method and Speak Human.

Has written a manifesto for a happy creative life that includes recommendations to practice often, be patient, and expect nothing.

Believes when you choose to pursue interesting work, you will be rewarded for doing so.

“The tasks you need to act on are quite often those you’re least apt to.”

Suggests three ways to create a simpler To Do list including to have a directional planning document and a “Don’t” list.

Thinks successful people identify waves and find ways to ride them.

“Lots of people ask for opportunities, but fewer take them.”

Believes most job titles are a cage and they do more to restrain your work than enable it.

Thinks you don’t need to look professional to be professional and that being a professional is easier than looking like one.

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/erickarjaluoto/feed/ 0 John Saddington http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/johnsaddington/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/johnsaddington/#respond Fri, 01 Apr 2016 08:11:20 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2013 CEO, TOMO. Creator, Desk. Suggests that failure and success are just points of data in a larger data set you can analyze and learn from.…]]>

CEO, TOMO. Creator, Desk.

Suggests that failure and success are just points of data in a larger data set you can analyze and learn from.

Thinks the way to discover yourself is to turn information into knowledge.

“Mediocre strategies executed with excellence is better than great strategies with mediocre execution.”

Believes there is a simple formula for startup success: having great people, a great product, and great timing.

Thinks the secret to great storytelling is your ability to elicit and emotional response because that’s something people never forget.

“Your life is really, really short and if you’re not working on stuff that matters… then what are you working on… and why?”

Suggests instead of thinking about how to divide your time between family and work, you’re better served to focus on managing the tension between the two.

Believes the way to get more done is to clear your calendar because one of the greatest distractions you have is other people.

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/johnsaddington/feed/ 0 Rahaf Harfoush http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/rahafharfoush/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/rahafharfoush/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:11:25 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=2004 Digital Anthropologist. Founder, Red Thread Inc. Co-Author, The Decoded Company: Knowing Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers. Suggests three ways to figure out…]]>

Digital Anthropologist. Founder, Red Thread Inc. Co-Author, The Decoded Company: Knowing Your Talent Better Than You Know Your Customers.

Suggests three ways to figure out how much time you’re wasting including to count the number of times you’re interrupted before lunch and have everybody in a meeting anonymously rate the meeting at the end of it.

Believes there are three ways to encourage innovation in a company including to give people time to think and have honest conversations about failure.

“One of the biggest detriments to both creativity and productivity is decision fatigue.”

Thinks automating things like eating, working out, and choosing what to wear can make you more productive.

Has three steps to save your creativity and overcome your fear of missing out including to figure out the non-negotiables.

“The best tool you have is knowledge, a true understanding of where your time is going.”

Thinks batching tasks makes you more productive, makes your life easier, and frees up large blocks of your time.

Believes companies can use data to better understand their employees and create happier, more productive work cultures. (video)

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/rahafharfoush/feed/ 0 James Clear http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/jamesclear/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/jamesclear/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:11:26 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=1963 Entrepreneur. Weightlifter. Travel Photographer. Suggests you follow a two-minute rule to cut down on procrastination and that the best way to build a new habit…]]>

Entrepreneur. Weightlifter. Travel Photographer.

Suggests you follow a two-minute rule to cut down on procrastination and that the best way to build a new habit is to do it for just two minutes.

Thinks there are 6 basic exercise truths to master if you want to be successful including to commit for the long-term and focus on the best exercises.

“Becoming the type of person you want to become…is about the daily process you follow and not the ultimate product you achieve.”

Believes it takes more than two months to actually build a habit that will stick.

Thinks you can improve your life by saying thank you in seven situations including when you’re running late and when you comfort someone.

“Not all uses of time are equal and this simple truth can make a big difference in life.”

Has a system to help you figure out exactly how much your time is worth.

Believes there are 5 common mental errors that prevent you from making good decisions including loss aversion and confirmation bias.

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]]> http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/jamesclear/feed/ 0 Alexandra Franzen http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/alexandrafranzen/ http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/alexandrafranzen/#respond Wed, 16 Mar 2016 08:11:20 +0000 http://apersonyoushouldknow.com/?p=1951 Writer. Believes people want to help you – you just have to let them. Thinks there are three questions that can help you figure out…]]>

Writer.

Believes people want to help you – you just have to let them.

Thinks there are three questions that can help you figure out how much to charge for your work.

“Constraint is not a cage…constraint is the choice that will set your best work free.”

Believes done is an illusion and you need to realize you’ll never be done.

Has seven guidelines to write emails that people will want to read including to incorporate just one big idea per email and to get right to the point.

“Trying is always worth it.”

Thinks there are seven ways you can get fewer emails including to send fewer emails and respond with declarations instead of questions.

Suggests 50+ ways you can make money as a writer that you might not have considered including to work as a ghostwriter and to record people’s life histories.

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