{"id":2113,"date":"2022-09-30T11:42:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T18:42:09","slug":"five-for-friday-september-30-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angryweasel.com\/blog\/five-for-friday-september-30-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Five for Friday &#8211; September 30, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So yeah &#8211; I skipped last week&#8230;and some people actually noticed! Last week was a tough week, and although I had a few links ready, I just wanted to unplug and spend some time away from my computer &#8211; you know how it can get. The good news is that I am in a much better mood this week, and I have a few interesting (to me, at least) things to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I want to lead off by sharing a post from Anne-Marie Charrett that could not have been easy to write &#8211; but that is so critically important that she did. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annemariecharrett.com\/dictator-or-liberator\/\">Dictator or Liberator<\/a><\/li><li>I have a lot of meetings. 98% of those meetings are an excellent use of my time. I have one of the 2% meetings coming up, so I&#8217;m thinking of forwarding this article on <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@michielvanbeers\/seven-tips-on-how-to-run-a-meeting-that-people-will-actually-like-46e19577e797\">Seven tips on how to run a meeting that people will actually like<\/a><\/li><li><em>Despite<\/em> the fact that my meetings are generally good &#8211; I&#8217;m still trying to make more of them async. This article from Doist on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.doist.com\/async-first\/\">How to Move Your Team Toward Async-First Communication<\/a> is wonderful.<\/li><li>The latest Leading in Tech newsletter has a great article on how to <a href=\"https:\/\/the.leadingintech.email\/p\/issue15\">Eliminate toil and give way to the team<\/a> that I think is worth reading.<\/li><li>You may think I promote <em>every<\/em> Michael Lopp (aka Rands) on FfF, but I purposely refrain so I don&#8217;t come across as a fan-boy. <em>However<\/em>&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/randsinrepose.com\/archives\/the-coach-and-the-fixer\/\">The Coach and the Fixer<\/a> is worth sharing no matter what.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s five if I counted correctly, so while I could have done a Ten for Thursday, or something similar, I&#8217;ll stop at five and promise that I&#8217;ll do my best to find five more next week. Take care of yourselves, and have a good weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So yeah &#8211; I skipped last week&#8230;and some people actually noticed! Last week was a tough week, and although I had a few links ready, I just wanted to unplug and spend some time away from my computer &#8211; you know how it can get. 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