Sat.Apr 27, 2019

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The benefits of different types of time off, and how they differ around the world

Tom Spencer

Ever feel short-changed by the amount of time you’re allowed to take off work? In some cases, individual employers are more generous than ever in looking after the well-being of their employees. But for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners the idea of taking off anything more than the occasional weekend is more fraught with panic than with the prospect of taking it easy.

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Snooze is a trap

Seth Godin Blog

There’s a button on my email program that allows me to postpone an incoming email to a future day. Sort of like a snooze button. The snooze button is a trap. It’s a trap because not only do you have to decide later, but you just expended time and energy to deciding to decide later. Do it once, move on. ‘Decide once’ is a magical productivity commitment.

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5 Tips on How to Spend Your Summer Before You Start Your Consulting Job

Tom Spencer

For those of you who signed a consulting offer, congrats! The hard part is over. Now there are just two more important decisions that you need to make. What start date should be requested and what should be done with the soon to be very scarce free time prior to starting? Post-graduation start-dates generally range from starting almost immediately (June) to what has colloquially been referred to as the “travel around the world” start date (early in the next calendar year).