Creating Calm When Your Company Isn't

Deadlines

Kyle and Jeff breakdown their problems with deadlines.

The Calm Business Recommended Reading Guide

The Recommended Reading Guide "It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson "A World Without Email" by Cal Newport "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" by Greg McKeown "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" by Oliver Burkeman "The E-Myth Revisited" by Michael E. Gerber "Four Steps to the Epiphany" by Steve Blank Anything by Anne Helen Petersen Other Works Mentioned "The Valve Handbook" – A new employee handbook by Valve Software "Pricing on Purpose" by Ronald Baker "So Good They Can't Ignore You" by Cal Newport "Remote: Office Not Required" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson "Rework" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson "Deep Work" by Cal Newport "Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport "Slow Productivity" by Cal Newport "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber" by Mike Isaac "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" by John Carreyrou

Creating Calm When Your Company Isn't

Jeff and Kyle talk about ways you can craft a calm environment for yourself or your team when the rest of your organization is not.

The Right Kind of Busy

The role of expertise in small teams and communication overload.

One Day Remote Work Is In, The Next Day It's Out

We talk Heidi Klum's Halloween costumes, using nerdy chess tools to prioritize work, and Sahil Lavingia giving up on remote work.