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Some of these are hilarious and some of these are depressing. Like that 4-hour work day? It seems further away then ever…
Just earlier this month I was hosting our new-member welcome call for Focus Academy, and I took note of the reasons why they had joined. Several folks mentioned how they are trying to reduce their work hours from 60-hour weeks down to something more sustainable.
Today, you can get a limited-time, early bird pricing for the January cohort of Focus Academy.
Right now you can save $150 on the Pro tier.
While the official doors won’t open until December 29, you can save your spot now for 16% off and get all the perks that come with being a Pro member (such as the facilitated Mastermind Groups and the Bonus Workshops)!
If you want to use Notion to set up a Christmas List, here’s how to do it.
These are fantastic suggestions from Amir Salihefendić. It does take a bit more intention to maintain a good async culture, but the end-result and side benefits are worth it. My team is “partially async” in that we have an office space and have most of our meetings in person, but we treat all communication as if we were remote. (see also: Nathan Barry’s remote team tips.)
“Tap into your own craziness.”
Capture and organize things in such a way that you will be able to use those notes and ideas, not just feel good about having captured or organized them. Otherwise, just enjoy what you read and learn and keep on going.
“The inability of leaders to focus is a problem of epidemic proportions.” — 4DX
These guys have become my favorite coffee roaster (I get beans delivered weekly via my Crema subscription). And they’ve got an Advent Calendar with 24 mini coffee bags — one for each day in December leading up to Christmas.
Lots of power-user features are now part of Apple’s mail app. The one I’m honestly most happy about is the improvements to search. (One of the big components of our Calm Inbox system is the importance of using searching instead of sorting to find past emails.)
And, speaking of email, here are my own, personal top-3 tips for making your iPhone Email app more focused.
From Ryan Holiday: “A lot of complicated stuff isn’t actually complicated.”
For example: I once paid $6,000 to be part of a business training program. The contents of the program were three 30-minute training videos, a spreadsheet, and two Q&A calls.
From the outside, that may sound like a rip-off. But the content was clear and focused. It was simple. Thanks to the simplicity, the lessons and ideas I took away from that program have continued to stick with me.
Here’s a brand-new, gorgeous and innovative desk organization system from my friend Jeff Sheldon.
This instrumental album has become my new, go-to for focused work background music.