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Ditch your to-do list and use these docs to make more impact

Doing a great job in startup land requires taking ownership over your work no matter how many hats you’re wearing, plates you’re spinning, or balls you’re juggling.

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    These are actually very useful templates, thnx a lot. It is usually hard to come up with them because you either make up a very broad one (Articles) that gets over-flooded with everything without any sorting, or just turn to using a template from the web that is not your style and changing it around is a nightmare...

    A good one I found for me could be "I will regret if I don't do this today:" , and it is simply if you will feel bad the next day for not doing something today or by some strict deadline.

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      I like that! Good call. Thanks for sharing.

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    This is such an important think for IHers to remember:

    "At the end of the day, though, the only thing that actually matters is the impact our work has on our company, our customers, our colleagues, and our professional development. And the only way to stay on top of that is to hold ourselves accountable to our higher-order goals with as much enthusiasm as we have for the dopamine rush of reaching inbox zero. "

    I have struggled many times with the battle against my inbox or slack messages. It almost never matters but provides such a power sense of "I accomplished something!" that it's always tempting to me.

    Anyone else struggle with this?

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      Great article. Yeah, totally relate to this struggle!

      I've started to not even look at my inbox until after lunch.

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    Love this. OSR in particular sounds cool, but I personally like to get super specific about each task that is required to reach a goal, so I'm the fence.

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    I love the idea of a personal press release exercise. This is a great idea for an indie professional. If you're by yourself, developing habits of accountability is essential. Thanks for sharing this!

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