How to manage your workload during the holiday season

November 17, 2018 Good morning! The story that rocked the tech world this week—that Facebook had hired a communications firm that spread negative stories about its critics—is just the tip of the iceberg. Definers Public Affairs, staffed by Republican strategists, has helped export tactics like opposition research from Washington, D.C. to Silicon Valley, where tech giants like Qualcomm and Lime are increasingly relying on its services to advance their agenda and undercut their rivals. [Read more]( about it here. —[Marcus]([Baram]( [It's not just Facebook. GOP-linked firm ]( [It's not just Facebook. GOP-linked firm "brought oppo research to Silicon Valley"]( Definers Public Affairs has sought to discredit opponents in part by spreading misleading stories via a network of right-wing sites—and through Facebook. [How to manage your workload during the holiday season]( [How to manage your workload during the holiday season]( When you feel like you’re the only one doing work, it can feel miserable. Here’s what you can do about it. [A solution to bitcoin’s energy waste: Use it to warm buildings]( [A solution to bitcoin’s energy waste: Use it to warm buildings]( As mining machines harvest bitcoin, they generate excess heat. Instead of letting it go to waste, a Canadian company is capturing it and using it to warm people’s homes. [The Amazon deal is even worse than it looks and will cost NY more than it thinks]( [The Amazon deal is even worse than it looks and will cost NY more than it thinks]( The fourth-costliest megadeal in U.S. history, just behind the Foxconn fiasco in Wisconsin, will actually cost $112,000 per job in New York and even “that is not a full accounting” for its impact. [This is why your employees cut corners (and what to do about it)]( [This is why your employees cut corners (and what to do about it)]( It’s not necessarily laziness. Employees may have other reasons for ditching processes. [What kind of self-destructive perfectionist are you?]( [What kind of self-destructive perfectionist are you?]( Spurred perhaps by social media, more people are classified as perfectionists. What are the costs and how can you break the paralysis that’s killing your productivity? [How to solve complex problems (by not focusing on them)]( [How to solve complex problems (by not focusing on them)]( The Zeigarnik effect can do something stunning when we scatter our attention and let our mind wander. [How “Ban the Box” has helped (and hurt) the job prospects of people with criminal records]( [How “Ban the Box” has helped (and hurt) the job prospects of people with criminal records]( “Ban the Box” policies have come under fire recently for exacerbating racial discrimination in hiring. New research, though, finds that fair-hiring policies broadly work–when the employers using them check their biases. Share This Newsletter Did someone forward you this email? Subscribe [here!]( Like this email? Consider signing up for our other newsletters [here](. Too many emails? Update your subscription preferences [here](. No longer want to receive this newsletter? Unsubscribe [here](. Mansueto Ventures, 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007-2195