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Jocelyn K. Glei

Jocelyn Glei

Obsessed with work, creativity, anxiety, and what it all means in the grand scheme of things.

Jocelyn K. Glei is the bestselling author and editor of three books that have sold over a quarter of a million copies: “Manage Your Day-to-Day”, “Maximize Your Potential”, and “Make Your Mark”, which offer pragmatic, actionable advice for creatives on managing their time, their careers, and their businesses.

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How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done

by Jocelyn K. Glei

This is a quick-reading, smart, practical guide on how to, as the sub-title suggests, “Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distractions, and Get Real Work Done. My kind of book. I *highly* recommend it. Big Ideas we explore include rats + rewards (real vs. random), progress hacks to conquer the progress paradox, saying “YES!!!” en route to saying “No” plus the physics of emails and 21st century superpowers.

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Conquering Digital Addiction & Masterpiece Days & Productivity

Modern Classic Work

Make Your Mark

The Creative's Guide to Building a Business with Impact (The 99U Book Series)

by Jocelyn K. Glei

This is the third installment in 99U’s book series on the “missing curriculum” for creative leaders. Like the other two, it’s a collection of short essays by great leaders + creators + writers. The content is organized in four domains: 1) Defining your purpose + 2) Building your product + 3) Serving your customers + 4) Leading your team. Big Ideas we explore include purpose, eating your own dog food (aka making something YOU are excited to use), serving profoundly, character as your #1 asset and the power of just getting started!

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Business & Creativity

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Maximize Your Potential

Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks & Build an Incredible Career (The 99U Book Series)

by Jocelyn K. Glei

This is the second of the three books currently in 99U Book Series. (We cover them all.) Big Ideas we explore in this one include putting yourself into permanent beta, making a decision and then working hard to prove yourself right Peyton Manning style, expanding the amplitude of the waves you make and becoming the Better You.

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Abundance & Peak Performance

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Manage Your Day-to-Day

Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series)

by Jocelyn K. Glei

If you’re looking to optimize your day-to-day-productivity, this collection of wisdom from some of the world’s leading creative gurus via 99U is a fantastic place to start. Big Ideas we explore include the importance daily routines, the most important thing you can do to boost your productivity, how screen apnea leads to things you don’t want and why rats love to check email.

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Digital Minimalism & Masterpiece Days & Productivity

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Multitasking Is a Myth
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What We Do Is Really Task Switching — And that Has a Big Cost

Multitasking is a myth. Our brains aren’t like computers with parallel processors. We can’t actually do multiple things at one time. What we do is not “multi-tasking” per se, it’s more accurately called “task switching.” Here’s why we should care. Remember our handy-dandy Deep Work equati...

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Mindfulness & Productivity

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Proving Yourself Right
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vs. “I Hope This Works Out Alright”

When Peyton Manning was released from the Indianapolis Colts after fourteen seasons, a number of teams recruited him. He picked the Denver Broncos. Now, when he decided to go with the Broncos, he didn’t say to himself, “I hope this works out alright.” He decided to PROVE HIMSELF RIGHT. There’s an...

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Idiosyncratic Optimizing
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Creating Your Own Unique Mixture of Awesome

Idiosyncratic. Isn’t that a fun word? Idiosyncratic. I just love saying it. And, I love the meaning and etymology as well. The definition of the word idiosyncrasy is simple: “a mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.” And, the etymology of the word is cool as well. It’s from...

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Conquering Perfectionism & Purpose

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Circadians + Ultradians
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The Rhythms of Life

At this stage, we’re all familiar with the idea of “circadian” rhythms. The word comes from the Latin circa + dies which literally means “around a day.” A ton of our biological processes are tied to 24-hour cycles. (Of course, most of us IGNORE the natural rhythms baked into a day but we’ll s...

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Making Waves
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And Riding them to Your Highest Potential

In our last +1, we talked about the importance of honoring your ultradian rhythms—remembering the fact that our performance atrophies after about 90 minutes of work. Unless we enjoy poor performance, chronic fatigue and depression, we’d be wise to take regular breaks to reboot. 😃 Let’s talk abou...

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Peak Performance & Self-Care

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The 4.5-Hour Workday
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Science Says: It's the Magic Number for Greatness

Continuing our theme of making waves and riding them to greatness, let’s learn a little more about how Tony Schwartz applies this wisdom to his own life. First, let’s go back to Anders Ericsson’s research. Remember our path to mastery and peak performance? It was paved with a ton of deliberate prac...

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Masterpiece Days & Peak Performance

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