A new journaling tactic that immediately kills procrastination and boosts creative insights. — Here’s the basic idea: instead of tracking your work with a to-do list, track your work with a journal. For this tactic, journaling in Evernote or Notepad is fine. A paper journal would be fine too. The difference is going to come down to taste — the journal option that…

Configure Your iPhone to Work for You, Not Against You — The iPhone could be an incredible tool, but most people use their phone as a life-shortening distraction device. However, if you take the time to follow the steps in this article you will be more productive, more focused, and — I’m not joking at all — live longer. Practically every…

Suggested by our community, confirmed by humans, delivered by robots — Starting today, some authors may see a notification on their story stats page and in their inbox that says their story has been Boosted.

The fediverse is a breath of fresh air for writers and social media — Today, Medium is launching a Mastodon instance at me.dm to help our authors, publications and readers find a home in the fediverse. Mastodon is an emerging force for good in social media and we are excited to join this community. We think the mission of Medium — to deepen people’s…

Updates for authors on Medium’s tools and Partner Program — When I joined Medium a few months ago, I made a point to say that I’d be focused on tools and quality writing. This is how I said it: I’m coming to Medium to double down on our publishing tools on behalf of authors and to double down on the…

Planning a company offsite can be a great way to build team morale and improve collaboration among employees. Here are some steps you can follow to plan a successful offsite. This is everything you need to know in order to plan the perfect company offsite. Well, actually, this just one…

Learn based on the best articles on Medium. — This is an experiment to pick a single topic, Company Offsites and Retreats, and then curate and organize the best Medium articles on that topic. Help me keep it up to date by leaving feedback. What did you learn? Are there any Medium articles that you would recommend for this…

Issue #281 of the Better Humans Newsletter. Subscribe here for inspiration and knowledge. — There’s some writing advice that I heard from Tim Ferriss but I think is attributed to Neil Strauss. It is roughly: “Write the first draft for yourself. The second for your fans. The third for the haters.” That’s just a catchy way of saying that you need to do separate…

Issue #280 of the Better Humans Newsletter. Subscribe here for inspiration and knowledge. — I’ve been in a lot of conversations at work about what makes for a valuable article. I don’t mean money valuable, I mean valuable to the reader. The easiest to judge is whether an article was entertaining. But the hardest to judge is whether an article made the reader a…