The New and The Next - Issue #74
“Everyone shines, given the right lighting. For some, it’s a Broadway spotlight, for others, a lamplit desk.”
“All you have is your next choice.”
Favorites
The Second-Class Office Workers
Millions of Americans now do jobs for companies that have replaced employees with outside workers who get lower pay and skimpy perks. Their work lives often feel like a series of tiny slights that reinforce their second-class status, bruise their self-worth and keep a real career out of reach.
A Campaign Strategy for Your Career
Parctical lessons from electoral politics
A Single-Minded Perspective on Growth
“Our industry does not respect tradition— it only respects innovation.”
How a Decision Journal Changed the Way I make Decisions (Template Included)
Read this article to learn how a decision journal (template included) can improve the way you make decisions by giving you a critical feedback loop.
Some Amazon Sellers Are Paying Upwards of $10,000 A Month To Trick Their Way to the Top of The Marketplace
An emerging black market offers Amazon sellers pricey ways to cheat the marketplace and mislead customers, according to documents obtained by BuzzFeed News.
How to design a pitch deck: lessons from a seasoned founder
Successful startups are known for their disruptive approach, so it’s interesting to see how so many innovative companies are surprisingly conservative (and
Productivity
r/getdisciplined - [Method] I summarized all the top posts of the top self-help subreddits of all time into a cheatsheet.
r/getdisciplined: A subreddit for people who have issues with procrastination, motivation, and discipline. It is a great place to gather and meet others with a similar mindset. Meet your goals and improve your life, reddit style!
I Let a Stranger Watch Me Work for a Day — And I’ve Never Been More Productive
Focusmate is the internet’s most invasive productivity hack. I put it to the test.
I just cleared out my Gmail using a simple trick that took only a few minutes — here's how to do it
Gmail gives you only 15 GB of free storage. Follow these simple steps to make space in your inbox and avoid paying extra for your email account.
Work & Money
Future of work: How to write a resume for a changing job market
There are four things to keep in mind when preparing a resume to be read by recruiters.
No, You Don’t Have to Stop Apologizing
A little reframing of how we think about saying sorry is all it takes.
Your Expertise May Be Holding You Back
Here’s how to broaden your outlook.
Job advice site Ask A Manager started a salary spreadsheet
Popular job-advice site Ask A Manager has started a salary spreadsheet.
Exactly How to Make Passive Income: The Only Guide You Need
Forget the hacks. This is the step-by-step guide you need to make thousands of dollars of passive income per month.
Why Your Job Search Should Start With Companies, Not Roles—and What That Looks Like
Applying to a company you love will set you up for a happier career in the long term. Here’s why you should take a company-first approach to your job search (and how to do it right).
Do I truly want to become a manager?
These questions will help you answer this question.
Marketing
33 prompts to unlock new blog posts and stories that need to be told.
Fill out the following statements. Pay attention to the phrases that make your heart beat a little faster. Those are the topics you should definitely write about first!
Millennials are building multimillion-dollar beauty empires on their massive Instagram and Snapchat followings, and it's disrupting a centuries-old industry
Kylie Jenner and Rihanna are just two examples of moguls who have built beauty empires out of their social media followings.
How to Create a Bangin’ Blog Business Plan (Workbook Included!)
I’m going to show you how to create a Blog Business Plan, which is one of the first things you should do if you’re interested in one-day earning a full-time income from your blog.
Making Uncommon Knowledge Common
This is part of a longer private memo analyzing Zillow and its recent shift towards Opendoor’s model. May publish rest of memo at some later point. But wanted to share first part, on Rich Barton and Zillow’s initial rise.
Life
Three words to help avoid the tragedy of mistaking a killer’s car for your Uber
“What’s my name?”
Long Reads
“Fixer Upper” Is Over, But Waco’s Transformation Is Just Beginning
HGTV stars Chip and Joanna Gaines helped convert a sleepy Texas town into a tourist mecca. But not everyone agrees on what Waco’s “restoration” should look like.
The Deadbeat Billionaire: The Inside Story Of How West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Ducks Taxes And Slow-Pays His Bills
Jim Justice is a man who has a hard time paying the bills.
Is Blogging For Profit A Scam, Or A Stay-At-Home Mom’s Dream?
There is a digital shadow-realm of intriguingly bland blogs about motherhood, written by women who aspire to make big money from home. But are their hopes in vain?