Don’t call people, unless you don’t care about them

Calling someone means that you are interrupting whatever the person you are calling is doing. So don’t do it unless it is an emergency. You have no idea what that person you are trying to interrupt is doing right now. If anyone you want to reach is in the zone,...

Breaking down tasks = Focusing

I often myself in situations when I don’t know what I’m doing really. I might have tried to accomplish the same task for 3hrs, and it should take 20min. It is not that I’m not trying, but my focus is just not there. One thing I’ve noticed is...

Is it irrational to trust your gut?

Being rational is to act based on logic, while trusting your gut is to act based on intuition, no matter if it is logical or not. In other words, trusting your gut is what most people would call being irrational. But, if you have heard about this study from Iowa...

The reason is more important than the feature

Your ability to solve the problem is always more important than any feature you are adding to the solution. This is true no matter how you are solving the problem, and it is true whatever problem it is. You probably had a reason for developing whatever product or...

We are all rational. We are all irrational.

It’s very easy to see yourself as a rational person. You have a bunch of information and experience, and based on that data, you make decisions. You are the only person who knows precisely what you know, and therefore you are the only one making decisions based...