Most productivity advice, including my own, focuses on personal output. It
rarely considers how to boost team performance.
Recently, I’ve revisited how my whole team can become more productive. Long-term
readers might remember meeting-free Monday, a successful experiment my team still
follows today.
Here’s a trick to improve your writing: focus on your rate of revelation.
The rate of revelation describes how quickly you introduce new information to
the reader. A high rate of revelation thrills the reader because each sentence
is vital and drives along the narrative.
Saying no is critical if you want to do meaningful work.
When you earn a reputation for getting things done, people will give you more
tasks than you can handle. If you’re uncomfortable saying no, you won’t have
time to focus on what’s important.