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How to Multitask – When You Have To

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Ali Hale of Constructively Productive. Multitasking. All the rage a couple of years ago; but now it gets a bad rap. (I’ve written my share of posts against it, too.) I’m starting to think there’s a middle ground. Sure, we can all agree that it’s more effective [...]

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Your Creativity Zoom Lens

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ali Hale from Aliventures. When you’re working on a project, you can have a big picture overview, or you can home right in on details. On Day One, you’re zoomed out: with a high-level idea – perhaps a fuzzy one – of what you want to accomplish. [...]

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What No One’s Telling You About Paid vs Free

At South by Southwest, a bunch of us were chatting about blogging. Charlie said something like I don’t know why Ali’s writing for me for free. And, later on in the week, I had a great discussion with Jonathan Fields about why I feel awkward about pricing my work. I’m still thinking through some things. [...]

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The Missing Half of Productivity Advice: Why Women Need to Get Involved

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ali Hale from Aliventures. I‘m a woman, and I care about productivity. So today I want to start reaching towards some answers to the question Charlie posted in What If Women Cared About Productivity? (You might like to read or re-read that post – it’s from December [...]

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How Being Busy Means Not Being Creative

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Ali Hale from Aliventures. Here’s a word: productive. Here’s another word: busy. All too often, we act as though those two words mean the same thing. But they don’t: being productive doesn’t equal being busy. And the correlation between productive and busy is weak at best: being [...]

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Why You’re Undervaluing Yourself (And How to Stop)

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ali Hale of Aliventures. Do you feel uncomfortable charging for your creativity? Maybe you’re an illustrator – you draw because you love to, but you can’t bring yourself to ask people to pay fifty dollars for something which, to you, seems like a glorified doodle. Perhaps you’re [...]

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