January 18, 2024: 7 Challenges with Long-Term Projects and How to Manage Them

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“In practice, it doesn’t really matter how long it takes for a habit to become automatic. What matters is that you take the actions you need to take to make progress.”

― James Clear

Hi friends,

How's everything going?
This is Kei and Kazuki, founders of Glasp 👋 

We hand-picked 3 good articles for you to highlight this week. Hope they'll help you get new ideas and perspectives. (You can read this online!)

📚 3 Good Articles for You

The Role of Luck in Life Success Is Far Greater Than We Realized
by Scott Barry Kaufman (9 mins)

  1. Luck Over Talent: Luck and opportunity significantly influence success, challenging the belief that personal characteristics alone determine achievement.
  2. Surprising Success Factors: Studies reveal factors like location, birth month, and name can impact success, highlighting the limitations of a talent-based meritocracy.
  3. Resource Distribution Reconsideration: These findings suggest a need to rethink societal resource allocation, favoring more inclusive and diverse approaches.

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7 Challenges with Long-Term Projects and How to Manage Them
by Raviraj Achar (4 mins)

  1. Prioritize and Simplify: Focus on essential goals, evaluating and deprioritizing less critical tasks to maintain project clarity and direction.
  2. Adapt and Respond: Prepare for unforeseen challenges and team changes by promoting early production testing and ensuring knowledge redundancy.
  3. Balance Milestones: Establish impactful short-term milestones that align with long-term objectives, adapting to market changes and stakeholder expectations.

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Intelligent vs. Smart
by Morgan Housel (7 mins)

  1. Differences: Intelligence involves technical skills like logic and memory, while smarts focus on emotional intelligence, including empathy and social awareness.
  2. Practical Value: Smarts, rather than intelligence, are often more valued and rewarded in real-world scenarios and professional settings.
  3. Key Skills: Emotional skills such as empathy, effective communication, and understanding diverse perspectives are essential for long-term success across various fields.

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📣 Community

  • 🟥 Read5for5:
    We're going to have the Read5for5 challenge in the week of January 22nd! We will share the details this weekend. Let's read good articles and connect with like-minded people 📚
  • 🟦 Tech stack update:
    Recently, we've updated the tech stack on Glasp. Due to the update, there would be some issues. And your profile link has been updated. Concretely, your profile link was updated from "glasp.co/#/your-account" to "glasp.co/your-account" So, please check it when you access and share it. Also, let us know if you encounter an issue.

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Hope you enjoyed reading this newsletter!
See you next week ;)

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Kei and Kazuki

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