A few weeks ago, a client forwarded me a very cool newsletter from the Washington Post. It’s called “A Better Week”—a self-described “7-day email...
Push Notifications
read more
The Intro
You keep doing the hard, world-changing work. We’ll be here encouraging you, sharing what we’re learning, and talking about the things we can’t stop thinking about.
Creativity + FUN
On a cool, sunny morning not too long ago, I was out for a walk and I randomly selected episodes of two different podcasts I like and listened to...
Timeboxing to stop boxing yourself in
I am a sucker for a good time management system. I love to-do lists. I spent (many, many) years waking up before the sun. And buying my...
Thoughts on Unreasonable Hospitality + Discussion Questions
Allison shares her key takeaways from Unreasonable Hospitality, including discussion questions you can use with your team or book club and ways to...
You can’t do it all by yourself, so stop trying.
Ready for your weekly motivation? You can’t do it all. Even if you hustle. Even if you bend over backward trying. Even if you’re really...
You need to do a content audit
One of the first projects our Chief Strategist, Ian, completed as a young marketer was a how-to guide for MySpace. It was a PowerPoint. And he...
Take a longer-term look at planning
When I first visited my now-fiancé's apartment, something immediately caught my eye. It wasn't the collection of guitars, or even the enviable...
This is dumb. Let’s keep doing it.
This week, as we were scrolling TikTok (yes, we scroll TikTok...), we came across a video that felt a little too true. Sure,...
The January Productivity Trap
We know we're belated on our 2022 well wishes, but we took January off from the newsletter (all the praise hands for self-created breaks!). Now,...