Hi everyone!

Summer's right around the corner which means better weather, and I'm super excited!

This week we're focusing on practical things - how to not miss deadlines, how to stand out in a hiring process and how to manage your meetings.

With gratitude,
Janel

Getting Unstuck
"In order to overcome getting stuck, we must both expect and accept that it will happen from time to time. Through attention and practice, we can limit their damage and duration when slumps do occur." This is done through prevention, recognition and intervention. Worth taking the time to read and reflect on.

Small Teams Accomplishing Great Things
Nice list of small teams accomplishing a lot.

• Instagram had 13 employees when they were acquired by Facebook for $1 billion
• BuiltWith generates $14 million/year with a single employee
• Notion has raised money at a $2 billion valuation with under 50 employees

Caught In The Study Web
A deep dive into how young minds (Gen Z) are studying together while creatively using apps, websites, and videos to support one another. Study influencers exist! Back when I was at university, I used to have a support group of friends I'd study with in the library. Interesting to see how this has moved into the digital world.

Too Many Meetings?
How to Marie Kondo your calendar, so you can focus time on what matters.

1. Judge each meeting on opportunity cost, not ROI - Make sure that each meeting is improving outcomes.
2. Improve meeting quality by ensuring that each meeting has an agenda - Having all parties come prepared means that synchronous time meetings is used to make important decisions
3. Reduce meeting frequency - Move unimportant things to async communication
4. Eliminate last minute distractions - It's ok to say no!

1. Prepare for "Why Us" - Research the company and be able to articulate why you want to join them & why you're excited about their mission / the role
2. Prove Readiness - Cite examples of times you've quickly learned something
3. Ask Unique Questions - Don't waste the "Do you have any questions" bit of the interview with unthoughtful questions

How To Not Miss A Deadline
Missing deadlines is expensive. Here's how you can avoid that, by incorporating careful planning.

1. Bottlenecks are useful, until they aren’t - Remove blockers!
   
2. Don’t use internal deadlines as a guaranteed component of your external promises. Use buffers.
3. Break a single deadline into a couple of milestones so that you can track your progress.

On Deck No-Code Fellowship
Are you an ambitious builder who loves to create with no-code? Come join us at On Deck No-Code Fellowship in an 8-week remote program where you can leverage no-code to create products, businesses and automation workflows in a positive-sum community. I've personally been thrilled by the huge growth journeys and wonderful outcomes from our impressive fellows (raising funding, getting amazing jobs & creating awesome products) and would love you to apply as well. Feel free to hit reply to this email with any questions about ODNC, or check out what our fellows had to say!

Stripe Payment Links - With Stripe payment links, you can easily generate a link to get others to pay you for products and services. I'm trying it out for adhoc consultation payments!

Community Copilot - Improve engagement and reduce churn in your communities by using this tool, which comes with a CRM packed with actionable insights. It's seriously a community manager's dream come true with the time-saving messaging features. Primarily works on Slack, with Circle features coming soon!

Dr Memes - Free meme generator that allows you to create memes without sign-up, and without watermarks. Generous.

Bubbles - Collaborate with anyone by giving feedback on landing pages and sites, without having to login with this free Chrome Extension. I couldn't live without this tool before and it keeps getting better. In some ways, it's better than providing feedback in a Loom video as people can skip to the exact spot on a page where a change needs to be made.

The NATO Alphabet - Stop saying "E" for "egg" in your customer service calls. Learn the proper NATO Alphabet, it's "echo" 😉

Six Degrees Of Wikipedia - Find the shortest paths between two Wikipedia pages using this site.

List of Lists - An eclectic collection of lists, which includes last words, fictional computers and common misceptions.

World Wisdom Map - Get a glimpse into pieces of wisdom from all around the world. It's all visualized and filterable.

Luke Atkins' Jump from 25,000ft without a parachute - This video got my heart racing. It's nerve-wracking!