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Medium

How to get strangers to help you.

Here’s how to write great cold messages asking for advice.

Harvard Business Review

5 Ways Smart People Sabotage Their Success

Mark was always one of the smartest kids in his class. He’s done well in his career, but when he checks Facebook, he …

interviewing.io

Impostor syndrome strikes men just as hard as women...and other findings from thousands of technical interviews

What does this mean for the industry as a whole? First off, impostor syndrome appears to be the bleary-eyed monster that …

Reddit

Negotiating 100% remote work with employer

My employer is based in NY and I am the representative in a different state. I’ve found that 90% of my job is not …

kottke.org

An Incredible Video of What It's Like to Orbit the Earth for 90 Minutes

This is easily the most awe-inspiring and jaw-dropping thing I’ve seen in months. In its low Earth orbit ~250 miles …

Reddit

How to not pay to maintain an empty home but not live out of 1 suitcase

For me the biggest inhibition to spending more time on the road is the money spent on monthly rent at home to have a place to …

Upwork

New 5th Annual "Freelancing in America" Study Finds that the U.S. Freelance Workforce, Now 56.7 Million People, Grew 3.7 Million Since 2014

The five most notable findings reveal: Americans are spending more time freelancing. Technology is making it easier to find …

Greg Kamradt

What I say to people who are looking for a job

I took a turn in my career, not a complete 180°, but around 60°. After I got my new role, I did a video explaining my process …

Ambition & Balance - by Doist

Building & Managing a Remote Team: Best Practices from Doist's Head of Marketing

Hint: If you’re asking how to monitor your remote employees, you’re starting with the wrong question.

Felix Krause

One year nomad - a review

Today one year ago I decided to get rid of my belongings and live out of a suitcase. It started as an experiment I …

Reddit

2 Years In. My Digital Nomad Experience & Stopping

I’m getting DEEP eyerolls when I tell folks from home I’m burnt out on travel, especially those with kids. But …

Medium

The Art of Making You Feel Small

Confidence doesn’t have to be a zero sum game. When you know, love, and are at peace with who you are you can work …

Tracking Happiness

Can Money Buy Happiness? [In-depth Analysis]

I have analyzed over 150 weeks of compiled personal data to answer one of the most frequently asked questions of all time: …

The Wall Street Journal

Working Like Crazy May Actually Be, Well, Crazy

Do you occasionally—or constantly—complain about how much you’re working? Of course you do. Complaining about too much …

Tom Critchlow

Four Years on the Road

The benefits are strong - being in control of your own life in a really fundamental way continues to be deeply rewarding, …

Reddit

Is adopting the DN life the modern day equivalent of skipping town and joining the circus?

I feel like that’s how some people react to it.

Reddit

Going back to 9-5, how to word 2 years traveling and hardly working in resume?

I miss working with people and want to go back to having office friends (at least for a while), but I am not sure on how to …

DEV

How a Month without Computers Changed Me

With my last tweet sent, I turn off my laptop, phone, and tablet. My Digital Sabbath begins in 10 minutes: no digital devices …

Stanford

A decade of data reveals that heavy multitaskers have reduced memory, Stanford psychologist says

That said, multitasking isn’t efficient. We know there are costs of task switching. So that might be an argument to do …

David Perell

How to Maximize Serendipity

The best opportunities are the ones you never expected. They’re serendipitous. Serendipity is a state of mind. …

comet

The Post-Freelancing Manifesto

For some, freelancing is a trampoline launching them toward the career they’ve been dreaming of. For others, it’s …

MSUToday

Keep to yourself! Don't offer co-workers help unless asked

If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again. New workplace research from …

Quartz

My "work from home" job is studying how to keep other remote workers engaged

As a Remote Employee Experience Specialist at Shopify, my role is to keep a pulse on the employee experience of our more than …

Business Insider

All 700 employees at this startup work remotely

“It’s about results, not where your IP address is,” Frein said. “We care about what you’re able …

The Startup

Why open office design makes you less productive

The loud talker three desks down; constant taps on the shoulder; the guy who incessantly clicks his pen; the girl who eats a …

OneZero

I Know the Salaries of Thousands of Tech Employees

Often, when people talk about compensation—what to accept, what to reject, how to negotiate—the advice is “know your …

Medium

No More "Struggle Porn"

I call this “struggle porn”: a masochistic obsession with pushing yourself harder, listening to people tell you …

kottke.org

How to ask a favor

1. Be direct with your request;
2. Give your reason why;
3. Provide an opportunity for escape.

The Guardian

The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world

We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, …