Work Less and Do More

If your company went public and you made a large sum but not super-large, say $5 million, would you give any to family & friends? Why/why not? How about if you made $20 million? $100 million?

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I’m learning a lot about my own writing process. Headphones and isolation work nicely. But other than that…
Process drives both word count and quality.
I’ve tried dictating and transcribing. I like it, and can generate tons of text very quickly. It requires a lot of editing before it’s even up to first draft quality. My spoken [...]

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This tip is, I believe, one of the most life-changing in the book. Yet… it could almost be a book in itself. I’m not sure if I got the point across well. Is the tip clear? Is it too long? Too short? Your opinions greatly appreciated!
Here’s the link to the tip: practice-radical-responsibliity

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I’m writing a tip for the book on when to communicate in person, versus electronically. What are some situations where you would shy away from electronic communication and want to go face-to-face or by-phone? I’m doing this as a list of bullet points, so brevity is appreciated.
For example:

Propose or break up in person.
Give negative performance [...]

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