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Jeff Bezos is generally one those people whose ideas and thinking make a lot of sense to me. He’s a billionaire so he’s always going to be an out of touch weirdo, but some of his ideas click with me. So when I recently came across a fantastic

Asynchronous communications are a wonderful thing for productivity. But they do have a dark side: the all-too-common, never ending comment thread. Emails and message boards are where they’re commonly seen. It usually goes something like this: Dan: “I think we should try this.” <5 seconds later)> Julie:

A few years ago I worked at a mega corporation. I had just finished up a brutal week of all-day meetings with 20 people. My boss and I sat down to catch up. Eventually, she warned: “Dan, you need to speak up more. You need to participate and contribute during

Sharing your ideas helps you and others get better. Here’s how to get started. At least once a week I say to myself, “That’s interesting. I should write something about it.” And then I don’t. A bunch of excuses fly into my head. “Lots of people have