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If you're not in charge of your own time, you are a slave

For a long time, I felt like a slave. I’ve enslaved myself with my own startup. I’ve enslaved myself by being funded by outside investors, not customers. I’ve enslaved myself by saying yes to things I should have said no to. I’ve enslaved myself by not valuing my time. I don’t want to feel enslaved….

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December 24, 2019May 10, 2020 by Remo Uherek

The Best Habits I Started in 2019

I love building new habits. Also, breaking them. Here are the best ones I started in 2019: Guided journalingEvery morning, I do guided journaling, using the Stoic Routine App. It helps me to reflect, letting off steam and re-focus on what is truly important. I’m practicing this for a full year now, and the benefits…

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December 17, 2019July 17, 2020 by Remo Uherek

Hell Yeah or No

Four words. This is the simplest and most useful decision making concept I have come across. I reflect on it regularly and it helps me to say “no” with more conviction. If you’re not saying “HELL YEAH!” about something, say “no”. When deciding whether to do something, if you feel anything less than “Wow! That…

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November 5, 2019October 21, 2019 by Remo Uherek

Zero Browser Tab Policy

Open browser tabs are just another nagging reminder of unfinished work. I used to have 5-10 open tabs on my laptop and 50-100 open tabs on my phone. It served as my reading list, my video list, things I was researching. It didn’t feel right. And it was a source of anxiety. Then, I implemented…

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February 25, 2019October 8, 2019 by Remo Uherek

The efficiency trap

Efficiency is often confused with effectiveness. It can be a trap. “Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.” Peter Drucker You can be efficient in doing the wrong things. You can be efficient in doing things you shouldn’t even do. You can efficiently waste your time. Too often, I make the…

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February 18, 2019October 8, 2019 by Remo Uherek

Disable your notifications

For many years of iPhone usage, I became a victim of The Power of Defaults. I didn’t question the notification settings. Then it dawned on me: I can change them! So I did. My new default is inspired by Zero-based budgeting. I went through all notifications and disabled most of them: Sounds? Gone. Badges? Gone….

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February 13, 2019October 8, 2019 by Remo Uherek

How to solve the email problem

Recently, a friend asked: “How do you deal with email? I get more than I can handle. Maybe I don’t invest enough time, focus or attention?” First of all, I don’t have a final solution. It’s a work in progress, as for most of you. Let’s use the principle of Inversion. How can we make…

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February 8, 2019October 8, 2019 by Remo Uherek

Stop wasting your attention

Ever since reading The 4-Hour Workweek a decade ago I started applying the Low-Information Diet and stopped following the news: no newspapers, no news websites, no news on TV. The principle is simple: Quit the news. If it’s important enough you will hear about it from the people around you. In most cases, you won’t…

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February 6, 2019April 21, 2020 by Remo Uherek

Zero-based budgeting

Simplify your life by using this powerful principle: Remove something completely. Then add back what you miss. Instead of “I want to use Facebook less often”, remove it completely and then add the elements back that you miss. Instead of “Let’s keep this, because I might need it someday”, get rid of it now and…

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January 9, 2019October 8, 2019 by Remo Uherek

Asking big questions

As the year is coming to a close, it’s the perfect opportunity to ask some big questions. I recommend to do it in writing: Which people in my life are toxic? How can I reduce contact with them? Which relationships do I want to nourish? Am I investing my time & energy into the things…

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December 30, 2018October 8, 2019 by Remo Uherek
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