Zain Rizvi

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Newsletter #28 - People aren't that logical

Hey folks, Your nuggets for the week: Motivation comes from Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose People aren’t that logical Pick your ideas apart #1 Motivation comes from Autonomy, Mastery, and...

Posted on Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Newsletter #27 - Managing Up

Hey folks, Today’s nuggets: Complement your manager’s skillset Ask for what you want Prove your work is important Get others to prove your case #1 Complement your manager’s skills...

Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2021

Newsletter #26 - 2020 in Review

There goes 2020. This was the year I started writing seriously. It started off as a way to remember what I read, with this newsletter being an effective forcing function. So how did the year go? 17...

Posted on Thursday, January 7, 2021

#21 Help yourself by helping others

In economics class they told us people work harder as they paid more. That greed was a virtue. It sounded iffy. You may have noticed the opposite yourself: How did you feel the last time you worked on...

Posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2020

#20 I was Bored at Google

It felt wrong. I was one year into working at Google, one of the best companies in the world. People die to get a job here. But…something was off. I was bored. Yes, the amenities were great....

Posted on Friday, November 27, 2020

Newsletter #19 - Productivity tips from Jeff Bezos and Huge Jackman

Ever study something, but when you try to explain it realize that you’d understood nothing? A few sips from the pool of knowledge and we think we know it all! I find it helpful to combat this...

Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2020

#19 Productivity tips from Jeff Bezos and Hugh Jackman

Ever study something, but when you try to explain it realize that you’d understood nothing? A few sips from the pool of knowledge and we think we know it all! I find it helpful to combat this...

Posted on Thursday, November 19, 2020

Newsletter #18 - The problem solving tactics of top scientists

On my last project, I kept run into problem after problem. It felt like fighting a hydra, I’d chop off one head and two others would appear. I was building a time zone converter app, or trying...

Posted on Friday, November 13, 2020

Newsletter #17 - Find the Key Details

Ever find yourself reading insightful advice, but forgetting all about it when it was time to put it to action? It would happen to me all the time (heck, still does). I desperately wanted to get...

Posted on Thursday, November 5, 2020

Newsletter #16 - How to Think Better

When was the last time you changed your mind about something big? For me, it happens about every three years. The most recent one happened last January, when Naseem Taleb’s book Antifragile...

Posted on Thursday, October 29, 2020