Idea Journal Weekly 3 By Idea Journal We combine 3 ideas to help you think differently and be more creative. 167 issues Subscribe to our newsletter
#164 Nov 8, 2020 Weekly 3: Make your customers successful – Summary: Making your customers successful requires understanding their point of view. A prospective c
#163 Nov 1, 2020 Weekly 3: Make anxiety useful – Summary: You can use anxiety as a filter to identify what to work on. The first step is reframing you
#162 Oct 25, 2020 Weekly 3: Add leverage to your work – Summary: The promise of leverage is to get more output for the same or even less input. Leverage usua
#161 Oct 18, 2020 Weekly 3: Not all meetings are bad – Summary: Some people believe that all meetings are bad ("I hate meetings!"). And many meetings are a
#160 Oct 11, 2020 Weekly 3: See other people as mirrors – Summary: You can use other people as mirrors to see yourself more clearly. This Weekly 3 issue explor
#159 Oct 4, 2020 Weekly 3: Stop lying to yourself – Summary: We often lie to ourselves because it’s convenient or because the truth hurts. Whatever the r
#158 Sep 27, 2020 Weekly 3: Being useful > Being passionate – Summary: The title of this issue (Being useful > Being passionate) can be misleading. Ideally, you
#157 Sep 20, 2020 Weekly 3: Adaptability > Persistence – Summary: Persistence in the face of adversity is useful, but not if you’re headed in the wrong direct
#156 Sep 13, 2020 Weekly 3: Be a better communicator – Summary: The first step to becoming a better communicator is to be less selfish. Think about what’s e
#155 Sep 6, 2020 Weekly 3: Some helpful life hacks – Summary: Hacks help us do more with less effort and less time. But one of the best hacks is making be
#154 Aug 30, 2020 Weekly 3: Use physics to find your next opportunity – Summary: Inertia and momentum are helpful concepts outside the field of physics. You can use them as
#153 Aug 23, 2020 Weekly 3: Stop talking so much – Summary: Too much talking can muddle your message and even make you appear weak. In a group context,
#152 Aug 16, 2020 Weekly 3: Revealing the role of status – Summary Comparing ourselves to others drives much of our thinking and behavior -- often more than we'
#151 Aug 9, 2020 Weekly 3: To be right more, be wrong less – SummaryYou can increase your odds of being right by decreasing your odds of being wrong. Here are thr
#150 Aug 2, 2020 Weekly 3: You want to be rare & valuable – SummaryWould you pay a premium for an average product that’s easily replaced? You should view your ow
#149 Jul 26, 2020 Weekly 3: You're out of touch – SummaryWe believe we know what drives other people. But too often our “understanding” acts more like
#148 Jul 19, 2020 Weekly 3: Become more "time-literate" – Summary: Expect delays. Take the path of more resistance. Look beyond the clock. (~3 min read)
