Paulo asked commented on Internal Scorecard #1,

I think there's three questions here:

1. How do you coordinate multiple projects that don't overlap?

2. How do you know how much is too much to be effective?

From a short internal GGW note --

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Did you ever hear about "bystander apathy"?

It's a seemingly terrible thing where, if you call out for help to a large group of people, everyone freezes and no-one moves. There's been a number of psychological studies mentioning this, as well as examples of people being assaulted or even murdered, calling for help, and no-one stepping in.

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I think there's a tremendous amount of misconceptions regarding achievement, productivity, creativity, ambition, work, work rate, work ethic, and so on.

So I'm thinking of publishing some analysis weekly with examples of what happened in the week, successes and failures, noteworthy events, what I'm reading and listening to, and so on. If it goes well, I can give you a picture of a workweek for me, intermix tactics and techniques, and give you practical guidance about what's working well and what isn't.

We've had some amazing people join GiveGetWin recently. While on Skype with Chris Dame, he mentioned how we're living in the future with cheap power-generating bricks -- the kind that used to cost tens of thousands of dollars and take a lot of man-hours to set up when he was working worldwide as an innovation consultant. 

He wrote this up, and an introduction of himself and what he does below. He's a really neat guy, so you're going to enjoy meeting him and getting to see his work on philanthropy implementation, design upgrades, processes, and recruiting at GiveGetWin coming forwards. Here's Chris --

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I'm reading The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire. I wouldn't recommend it if you're new to history, because it assumes a very high baseline of geographical and basic historical knowledge, and it can be dry at times. But if you've read some books on Rome before, and especially the Byzantine era of Eastern Rome, then the book is packed with gems on strategy, analyses of organization and logistics, culture, interesting stories and anecdotes, and the personalities behind the vast and epic clashes of the era.

This passage about Attila is insightful --

It's commonly recognized that one of the reasons that Hannibal lost to Rome was that he was unable to get full support from the Carthaginian aristocracy to fully back him with men, materials, and money. 

I saw a comment thread on here a while that made me stop and think. It was something like, "People like Sebastian and other people I read/follow/etc online are doing so much, and I feel like I can't live up to that standard."

Well. I know myself, and I've also dined, traveled, socialized, and worked with many people that are heroes and exemplars to the people around them. And I'll tell you this -- there's a hell of a lot of publication bias.

From Wikipedia --

The concept was named after publishing in scientific journals -- people would set up correct experiment designs, but abandon the experiments or not publish the results unless something interesting/positive happened.

Algis Tamosaitis is the author of "Rock Your Travel" and has graciously joined up for a GiveGetWin deal -- where you'll get a copy of his book, time to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts, and then he'll show you the ropes during an intimate session of helping you and a small group plan travel itineraries, make sure you're earning mileage, and answer all your questions so you're traveling in style.

"Why And How I Started Travel Hacking (And Why You Should, Too)" by Algis Tamosaitis, as told to Sebastian Marshall

I was exploring and experiencing the world from the very beginning.

Not getting recognition at work? That's tough. Whether you're an employee, freelancer, contractor, or even a partner in a company, it can be demoralizing. It also gets in the way of advancing your career and earning more.

Is self-promotion the answer?

Yes. Sort of. But there are a few prerequisites.

1. You must have the work you're performed tied to value you're delivering to the organization and individual evaluating you. Don't be a commodity.

2. The person evaluating you must like and trust you. Or at least, respect you.

Want to be a better communicator? This one's easy and helps a lot.

If you have two radically differ subjects to cover with one person, send two different emails.

That way, they'll get messages like this: