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Aug 29, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
My #1 tip in feeling more like an adult and being less overwhelmed is taking a second to consider the future version of yourself.

What can you do in this current moment to prepare you to be your best self in the near future?

Some examples:
What would your Monday self appreciate if you did this weekend? It could be as simple as resting up now so you're ready to go then.

If you typically feel negative after seeing someone, can you prep something that would make things a little better to have in reach soon after?
If you get allergies a certain time of year, can you create an allergy bag containing everything you'll need? So once it hits, you only have to worry about feeling better?

Take these techniques but apply them to what's important in your life.
Doing these things will help you feel more prepared when these moments hit.

Once you consider the future version of yourself in one moment and feel the gratitude following your preparation, it's hard to stop.

Do yourself a favor and try it out.

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I've helped dozens of companies switch to an async-first work environment. This means fewer meetings and more quality work done.

When companies switch to async wrong, it slows their work. I created the Work Forward Approach to prevent this.

Here are the 8 core principles ⬇️
1. Start with Clarity

You need a clear understanding of:

• What you're responsible for
• The priority order
• How you'll get them done
• Where you'll go to find answers when you're stuck

Everything else below will not work without this.
When you see people having trouble making the shift to an async-first approach, the core issue tends to be rooted in a lack of clarity around one of these areas.

Don't fall into this trap.
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This issue is one of the biggest problems people run into when working remotely.

It causes stress, decision fatigue, and burnout - But it's never talked about!

Let's expose the issue and give you the tools to fix it ⬇️
We’ve spent a long time having our job choose our life — where we live, who we spend our time with, and how we work.

Switching to remote work can be exciting at first because, suddenly, we have tons of freedom.

But then the overwhelm kicks in.
You now have endless decisions up to you:

What is "enough" work?
How do you take breaks?
What do you work on next?
Where should you live now?
When do you start/end work?
Where should you work from?

And so on. Overwhelm from new freedom is real.

Here are 3 tips to combat this:
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Dec 28, 2021
I've completed 4/4 of my 2021 New Year's resolutions.

People like to hate on resolutions, but the real problem is they're choosing the wrong goals.

Here are 5 common mistakes people make when setting their goals for the New Year:
1. Choosing other people's version of success

Instead of defining success for yourself, you choose goals based on what society or other people say is successful.

Failure: You're never going to have the internal drive to achieve someone else's dream
2. Liking the idea, not the reality

You need to think through and say yes to the whole package.

Ex. Saying yes to both the good parts of having a 6-pack and also the lifestyle required

Failure: You're not ready to accept the sacrifice required to make the goal happen
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The top 5 things every remote worker should have (but most don't) ⬇
1. Virtual Boundaries

Virtual boundaries are even more important than physical boundaries in remote work.

You likely have a virtual boundary issue if you feel constantly distracted, unorganized, and feel a big overlap in your work and personal life.

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Instead, use your environment to inject inspiration and maximize utility to allow your work to be effortless.

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"Set up one specific, separate place to do your work at home"

This is typically the first piece of remote work advice we get, yet it's all wrong.

Here's why following this popular advice may be making your work worse ⬇ Different people working from different home workspaces
The one workspace advice is another example of us attempting to replicate in-office work at home.

Offices weren't created to be the most effective place to work, but to fit as many workers into a space.

Why bring that home?

Working from one desk works against us for 2 reasons:
1. It's not optimized for different types of work

Most knowledge workers have multiple modes of work like:
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A work environment made for one of these modes directly works against you if you're in another mode.
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Hybrid work isn't new.

Big companies, like Yahoo, have tried it and failed at this pre-pandemic.

Instead of using history as a lesson, I haven't seen a single company going hybrid address what they're going to do differently.

Here are 3 big areas where hybrid fails:
1. Decision maker for the distributed team isn't remote

Too often, the hybrid company requires the person making remote work decisions to work in person.

If they aren't remote, they aren't experiencing the virtual environment and can't tell what's working and what's not.
2. Not giving agency to the individual

Remote work is about giving the individual agency over when/where/how they work.

Hybrid breaks this by forcing people into an office certain days.

The whiplash from bouncing between 2 extremes is a frustrating struggle for the individual.
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