Work
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10 questions to boost your professional credibility
Bad questions make you look stupid. Good questions make you look smart. Killer questions make you look strategic.
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566 essays
Saving time
This week's Friday Flurry goes deep on Jenny Odell's new book, and gets a bit meta. What is time, what is it for, and how healthy is your relationship with it? Is that your fault? (Spoiler: no.)
Guilt, fashion and general dread
If you're a worrier who feels weird about fashion, you're not alone.
Remember who it's all for
If you waste your effort appealing to the wrong people, you won't connect with the people who matter most.
Strategy
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8 things people get wrong about strategy
Here's 8 myths about strategy - and how to do better.
Work
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You aren't uniquely shameful, problematic, or lazy.
If you're guilty about how you're spending your time, or worried you might be a terrible person deep down... don't panic.
Society
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Stop being so damn nice
7 reasons why being polite/nice is a terrible idea, including inequality, inauthenticity and... being boring.
Society
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Why women are so bloody exhausted right now
Men - read this to find out why the vaccuum cleaner is always out.
Change
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It's never too late to start something new
If you're telling yourself you've left it too late, or you're risking too much to start again, you should stop that immediately.
Change
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Share your work in progress
Reasons to share your works in progress, especially when you're not very good yet.
Society
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Gyms are weird
Gym bodies: a healthy goal, the ultimate class signifier, an oddity of late stage capitalism, or all three?
Introducing: Current Fad
A fortnightly newsletter featuring the thought flurries and temporary fixations of Alicia McKay.
Change
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Reasons, seasons and changing jobs
You don't have to stick with your job, or even your career. If you're looking for a permission slip, here it is.
7 steps to focus your time and energy - free resource
A handy 7-step system to beat overwhelm - and a workbook to support your process!
Work
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People are opting out of corporate bullshit
Companies are scrambling look like good employers, but ruining it by keeping people trapped in boring meetings and trying to force them back into the office. Here's why they're losing the game.