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Stories and advice for those who manage projects, people and themselves. We tell you how to work in a team, meet deadlines and be better.

Find a balance: why it is dangerous to be constantly effective

Find a balance: why it is dangerous to be constantly effective

Everyone wants to know how to become more effective at work and in their personal life. Take self-isolation in 2020, one of the main topics of which was "how to spend time usefully in quarantine". Why is it not worth living in this mode all the time?

Alexander Mashkov

How to stop being afraid and start delegating tasks effectively

How to stop being afraid and start delegating tasks effectively

Even when there are a lot of tasks, I often catch myself thinking "Yes, I'd rather do it myself". I have problems with the transfer of cases, so I decided to finally figure out how to delegate tasks correctly.

Alexander Mashkov

WEEEK Week #41: Loooong tasks

WEEEK Week #41: Loooong tasks

In the new WEEEK Week, we have just one more update for you (but what!) and a bunch of small fixes to the web version. Without further ado, let's see what we have prepared there.

Alexander Mashkov

I can't think straight: 10 tips on how to prevent mental fatigue

I can't think straight: 10 tips on how to prevent mental fatigue

The human brain consumes passion as much energy, but for some reason we often forget about it. As a result, the brain gets tired, and we sit helplessly looking into the void. Let's figure out where mental fatigue comes from and what can be done about it.

Alexander Mashkov

WEEEK Week #40: Create. Complete. Repeat

WEEEK Week #40: Create. Complete. Repeat

In the new issue of our regularly irregular bulletin of updates, we talk about the repeatable tasks that have finally settled in your iPhone, and the knowledge base that has matured before beta testing.

Alexander Mashkov

Gantt Chart: The Illusion of Safety

Gantt Chart: The Illusion of Safety

The Gantt chart is a mega-popular project management method. But is it as good and useful as many people say it is? It's time to figure it out.

Alexander Mashkov

WEEEK Week #39: Backgrounds, drag-and-drop tasks, new dark theme, etc.

WEEEK Week #39: Backgrounds, drag-and-drop tasks, new dark theme, etc.

Over the past weeks, there have been many quite interesting and useful changes, which should be described in the WEEEK Week: from the backgrounds in the web version to dragging and dropping tasks on Android.

Alexander Mashkov

10 tips on how to work at home when you have kids

10 tips on how to work at home when you have kids

After I almost burned out a month ago, I tried to look at the issue of organizing my work differently and better understand how to work from home when there are children.

Alexander Mashkov

Behave normally: how not to conflict and resolve other people's disputes

Behave normally: how not to conflict and resolve other people's disputes

It's time to understand what conflicts at work are, where they come from, and most importantly - how to behave in order to avoid or resolve them.

Alexander Mashkov

Four-day week a hit of the season?

Four-day week a hit of the season?

A four-day work week sounds like a sweet fantasy of people who just want to do nothing. But in fact, it is the next stage of a rather natural desire - to do more and work less.

Alexander Mashkov

WEEEK Week #38: Repeatable tasks, lists on Android and more

WEEEK Week #38: Repeatable tasks, lists on Android and more

The wishes of our users continue to come true. Recently, we added a list of tasks to the web version (now this feature has also come to Android), and now we have done what everyone asked for a very long time ago - we added repeatable tasks.

Alexander Mashkov

False multitasking: how it is dangerous, and how to deal with it

False multitasking: how it is dangerous, and how to deal with it

Multitasking has been cultivated for years. This was noted in the resume as something valuable. We practiced at work, going crazy and burning out. But what is it anyway? Does it really exist and is it useful?

Alexander Mashkov

WEEEK Week #37: Task lists and notifications by time

WEEEK Week #37: Task lists and notifications by time

In the latest update of the web version of WEEEK, we suggested two long-awaited features: now you can view tasks in the form of lists, as well as configure notifications for a specific time.

Alexander Mashkov

Mistakes at work - is it normal?

Mistakes at work - is it normal?

Since childhood, we are taught that mistakes are bad. Everywhere: in school, in life, and at work. But is it so scary to make mistakes at work? I figured it out and came to ambiguous conclusions.

Alexander Mashkov

WEEEK Week #36: Subscriptions, new duplicate tasks, and boards on Android

WEEEK Week #36: Subscriptions, new duplicate tasks, and boards on Android

The recent WEEEK update brought two important and very long-awaited changes: we finally added the ability to subscribe to tasks (become observers there) and added a powerful feature for duplicating tasks with content.

Alexander Mashkov

What is Agile: idea, principles, possible problems

What is Agile: idea, principles, possible problems

We’ll tell you what the Agile methodology is, what principles it is based on, how it works in practice, and what problems it can provoke.

Alexander Mashkov

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