Thank You & Work Insights: Week 50
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Dear readers of Work Today,

work is as essential part of the lives of million people. Most can’t just decide not to work — they have to make ends meet in their families or dream of climbing the social ladder.

Work has always been a vehicle with different functions: It allows you social mobility, facilitates integration into new groups, grows your skills and knowledge — and if you’re really lucky — it might be a place of fulfillment.

Work is called work for a reason: It’s not an easy thing to do and most jobs contain at least a small share of annoying tasks. But spending a large chunk of your time working, work should at least become more bearable, humane and productive.

To find ideas, visions and hacks to create better work, I started “Work Today” one week ago. I dream of it becoming the home for writers who question the status quo of work-life and have valuable insights for a better work life.

The first week has been an interesting ride: I found contributors with original ideas and a creative mind. Here’s what you should definitely read:

2. Kristi Pelzel analyzes the quality of videoconferencing tools in terms of quality and security — ‘Safety vs. Convenience in Video Conferencing Apps’:

3. Adam Prescott teaches you how to get most of your one-on-one meetings — ‘Do One-on-Ones, Like a Boss’:

4. Mike Curtis has some valuable insights on how to be extraordinary at work — ‘How to Be Extraordinary at Work in 2021 and Beyond (Part 1)’:

5. Catherine Syme shares how she applied a growth mindset to public speaking — ‘What I Learned from (Finally) Applying a Growth Mindset to Public Speaking’:

6. Kasinatha Rao asks you to stop wasting time on too many meetings — ‘Too many meetings, and no time to get sh*t done’:

7. Victoria A. Fraser has a practical tipp for your writing work — ‘How Using an Outline Can Improve Your Writing’

Thank you all for those contribution and making the start of “Work Today” so pleasant and exciting!

Want more ideas?

I’m a firm believer that good ideas are everywhere and I want to use this newsletter to shine light on my favorite pieces from other publications which were published last week:

4. Nir Eyal published a bright piece about how jobs have been changing — ‘Are You a Wage Slave?’
['Alice Greschkow']
['Remote Working', 'Work', 'Productivity', 'Meetings', 'Workplace']