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Jocelyn K. Glei

Jocelyn K. Glei is a writer, podcaster, and educator focused on creativity, productivity, and well-being. She is best known for editing the bestselling 99U book series, including Manage Your Day-to-Day, Maximize Your Potential, and Make Your Mark, which have sold over 250,000 copies. Her work, including the popular Hurry Slowly podcast, has had broad influence on creative professionals.

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Jocelyn K. Glei’s formative years were shaped by early access to technology, which fueled her creativity and curiosity. As a teenager, her family acquired their first computer, igniting her passion for digital media and editorial curation through projects like her first zine. Glei attended Boston University, where she studied French, screenwriting, and American literature, laying the interdisciplinary foundation for her future work. After graduation, she volunteered at Flavorpill, a nascent online culture website, and quickly ascended through editorial ranks to become its global managing editor. Several roles in digital media followed, sharpening her skills in curating content and leading editorial teams.

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Every time you're doing something, you're not doing something else. But you don't really see what it is that you're giving up
-Manage Your Day-to-Day
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To make great ideas a reality, we must act, experiment, fail, adapt, and learn on a daily basis
-Manage Your Day-to-Day
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Truly great creative achievements require hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of work, and we have to make time every single day to put in those hours. Routines help us do this by setting expectations about availability, aligning our workflow with our energy levels, and getting our minds into a regular rhythm of creating
-Manage Your Day-to-Day
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There is no technology, no time-saving device that can alter the rhythms of creative labor
-Hurry Slowly podcast: Creativity vs Efficiency
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Remarkable creative projects don’t come from efficiency. If anything, they come from inefficiency. From doggedly ignoring all the rules and saying I am going to devote an ungodly amount of time to this thing that no one else thinks is important but that I think is important
-Hurry Slowly podcast: Creativity vs Efficiency
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The funny thing about change — and actively pursuing it — is that it never unfolds quite like you think it will
-Hurry Slowly podcast: Letting Go Isn't Easy
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Stop Wasting Your Time with Fake Productivity
-Unsubscribe
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If you want to say no to email, you must say yes to something else. What projects do you want to move forward? What are you going to make time for?
-Unsubscribe
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That's what's so problematic about the digital space is it assumes an infinite capacity
-Design Matters podcast

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Voces de la Comunidad

"Jocelyn K. Glei is known for editing and curating the bestselling 99U book series for creatives"

Barnes & Noble

"Jocelyn K. Glei edited Manage Your Day-to-Day, which provides practical advice for creative professionals"

Goodreads

"Jocelyn K. Glei led the curation of the 99U Conference, which featured prominent creative leaders"

about.me

"Jocelyn K. Glei was the Founding Editor and Director of Behance's 99U, overseeing the award-winning website and conference"

about.me

"Jocelyn K. Glei’s books offer pragmatic, action-oriented insights for time management and creative careers"

Barnes & Noble

"Jocelyn K. Glei authored Unsubscribe, an influential book about managing email and digital distractions"

ThriftBooks

"Jocelyn K. Glei served as global managing editor at online media company Flavorpill prior to joining 99U"

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