Hey friends,

Wishing all the Rad Moms (especially the three in my life) an incredible Mother's Day. We appreciate everything you do for us and our families.

Today, I continued to explore a nagging question - what sacrifices would you make to earn more money.

(And for those of you on Twitter, come and say hi @khemaridh.)

Would you do data entry on a Saturday?

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When I was in college, I was always looking for quick tricks to make an extra dollar.

I worked library shifts and helped students with their printing issues. (Get paid to study!)

I did random moving jobs. (Get paid to work out!)

I signed up to let AllAdvantage track my computer and serve me banner ads. (Get paid to surf the web!)

And I also got paid to input and parse data for a professor. (Get paid for data entry!)

Thankfully, at the ripe age of 42 (and three-quarters), my desire to turn a quick buck has disappeared.

But apparently for many RadReaders, that's not the case - there's a solid market for data entry.

Or shall I say the GLAMPing version of data entry. Take a look:

The results were impressively equally divided. And like today's politics, each side felt the other side were big buffoons.

Which leads us to a spike-y question: What is the next dollar worth to you (and what are you willing to sacrifice for it)?

Here are this week's top reads:

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How to know when to stop

16 minutes | Lenny's Newsletter
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One thing I've learned with age, is that "the body keeps score." I've had enough (not dangerous, but still concerning) health issues that I'm certain arose from pushing hard during my career. I encourage you all to ponder - is my body giving me signs that I'm ignoring? And at what point do they become a non-negotiable trade-off?

→ Read the post​

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Do you feel overwhelmed by the amount of information? (Discussion thread)

1 minute | Hacker News
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In pre-Internet times, taking a physical book home from a bookstore was a simple, but exciting, pleasure. Now, you can Google whatever you want and get served hundreds of hours of reading materials (plus, comments on them). Analysis paralysis sets in as you embark on your bike shedding expedition. What’s behind the desire to research everything?

→ Read the post​

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How to stop obsessing over a mistake at work

6 minutes | HuffPost
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At RadReads, we talk a lot about productivity and optimizing your workflow. But regardless of how many strategies you learn, you’re still bound to make that occassional mistake. Here’s how to get back on your feet after it happened (and stop it from feeding the pesky Impostor Syndrome).

→ Read the article​

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How to overcome multitasking madness

3 minutes | WSJ
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In a shocking turn of events, multitasking is making us vastly less productive. Even though we’re technically checking things off our to-do lists, we’re missing other important things because our brains have a processing limit. Media over-consumption and multitasking isn’t going away, but fortunately there are things we can do to slow down the practice: block out focus time, leave your phone in another room and teach your kids good tech habits early. (Yikes, that third one!)

→ Read the article​

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How to do hard things

14 minutes | Superorganizers
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Dealing with uncertainty and stress is a challenge; acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) teaches us how to stay oriented toward what we care in light of our negative thoughts and feelings. ACT can help us develop psychological flexibility and begins by asking the question "what small behavioral shift could I make in service of moving toward what matters in my life?"

👉 Check out Superorganizers, one of my favorite newsletters featuring in-depth interviews with the smartest people in the world about the tools and systems they use to stay productive.

→ Read the article​

Below the Fold

ICYMI

• ​How to increase your productivity using leverage (Coda, 4 Minutes)
• ​Leaving corporate life for entrepreneurship, finding fun, and 10K work (MBA Schooled Podcast, 48 mins)
• ​Creating an impactful career without sacrificing your lifestyle (Mind Meld Podcast, 1 hour 53 mins)

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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​How to conduct a weekly review (using Notion) (RadReads, 562 clicks)
• ​Unlearning perfectionism (Arunk Prasad, 220 clicks)

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And finally, Jim Gaffigan on why hiking is a mistake.

With gratitude,

Khe

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