35: Backburner projects

Written By Dima Malenko

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Dima contemplates getting work done on projects that are not immediate top priority and Slava points out that there is nothing wrong with pushing, as long as it is done in a considerate way.

  • Dima's theme corner
  • Difficult inroads into meditation with Headspace
  • Free-form theme journaling
  • Can projects really be important but not urgent?
  • Enshittification of the Internet
  • Struggles of leading a second priority project
  • Reverse psychology
  • "More power too people! But not too much..."
  • Bugging people in a considerate way, with care
  • Pushing and pulling strategies for moving projects forward
  • Frequent releases to keep people engaged

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