Work in Progress By Rick Pastoor The newsletter about work 701 subscribers 28 issues Subscribe to our newsletter This thingy has to be empti pwieshh Are you a robot? 🤖
#25 Mar 9, 2020 Making better plans – Hi there,Hope you had a great weekend! Today’s edition will help you improve your plans and proposals
#24 Mar 2, 2020 Up for a new challenge? Or just too busy. Here are some suggestions – Hi there,Wanted to give you an update on the book first, because we hit a milestone. I got the openin
#23 Feb 24, 2020 Need more focus? Here’s how to get it. Today – Hi!I recently traded in my trusty seat at the neighborhood coffeehouse for a proper desk at one of th
#22 Feb 17, 2020 Communicating about your work is part of the job – Hi there,Working is far more than just getting your work done. Working is communicating – about what
#21 Feb 10, 2020 “What advice seems obviously right, is relatively easy to follow, and is usually ignored?” – Hi there, Sam Altman is a well-known figure in the startup scene. He used to be president of Y Combin
#20 Feb 3, 2020 Getting your to-do list back on track – Hi there,Maybe you’re on top of things and have your calendar and to-do list in great working order.
#19 Jan 27, 2020 Make a date with your calendar – Hi there,Last week started out a little chaotic. My daughter got sick and I had to drop everything on
#18 Jan 20, 2020 Making stone soup at work – Hi!We all have ideas for our work. Maybe you work in teams, where getting others excited about your p
#17 Jan 13, 2020 Conserve willpower: make non-negotiable deals with yourself – Hi there,On a bright and crisp Friday, 100 people gathered not far from Amsterdam for the first annua
#16 Jan 6, 2020 Getting back to work – a brief guide – Hi there!A fresh year, a fresh decade. Starting a new year always energizes me. I mean the holidays a
#15 Dec 30, 2019 Four ways to reflect on the year ahead – Hi there!Whether you’re off work for the holidays or looking forward to a day off ahead, I hope you’r
#14 Dec 23, 2019 Get used to the idea: You get more wrong than you think – Hi!I recently came across this post by Patrick Collison on Hacker News, a website for tech nerds. Pat
#13 Dec 16, 2019 Here’s how I look back on the year (and make plans for 2020) – Hi there, We’ve got a little over two weeks to go before the end of the year! It’s the perfect time t
#12 Dec 9, 2019 How to fix your fragmented schedule – Hi!I’m working on something this month that I’m super excited about: On December 27, I'll hold the ve
#11 Dec 2, 2019 “I’ll get to it later” — Four ideas for getting started now – Hi there,Getting started can be hard. You can always think of a reason not to begin, when what you re
#10 Nov 25, 2019 Taking time to reflect makes for better decisions. Here’s how – Hi there,I spent a long weekend at a Benedictine cloister a couple of weeks ago. It’s something I now
#9 Nov 18, 2019 Making complex things simple – Hi!This past week I got frustrated with things that were unnecessarily complex. Time to simplify! But
