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Professionals, unlike amateurs, spend their time carefully. They prioritize because they know they can’t put their best effort on everything. Businesses put it like this: focus on the 20% that makes 80% of your profit. If you are serious about your work, track how you spend your time, at least for a week. Review your data, identify your leaks, and then decide what you are not going to do. I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody_1. Read more...

Great piece from John Grubber about Apple’s keynote in last week’s WWDC. Among other things, he reflects about how Apple’s device-centric approach and owning platform, devices, and services allows them to compete with high-margin products in a commoditized industry, and offer a seamless experience across Apple their devices that is unparalleled in the industry. It’s all about control. Another interesting reflection he makes is how Apple is improving it’s internal operational efficiency. Read more...

Down-to-earth advice from Taylor Pearson about growing your business. Read more...

It’s frequent to see friends and colleagues overwhelmed by how much there is to do everyday. A common advice you will hear is that you should spend some time thinking on how to manage your time, and learn to manage it better. Easy, right? It’s not easy. It seems that our brains are wired for things that require immediate attention, and shy from more abstract matters. But it needs to be done. Read more...

Five ideas1 by Conor Neil about delegating vs. managing, from his article about the power of delegation: You don’t delegate tasks, you delegate responsibility. (…) Delegation requires that you transfer the full emotional responsibility to get something done. If a company is in difficulty and the entrepreneur is the only one having sleepless nights, then the entrepreneur has a delegation problem. If you say I have problems delegating, I often say No, you don’t. Read more...