Hacks Newsletter – Week 9B – Hack of the Year

Hack of the Year

From building bespoke relationships to layering daily tasks, the hacks I’ve shared have (and continue to!) help me live a fulfilling life despite competing responsibilities. For the final newsletter of the year, I will underscore what might be the most important hack in the book: 

Life Hack #100: Do not let perfectionism be the death of progress.
A la the Pareto principle, if you can do 80 percent of the things you want to do with the time you have, then trust your instincts, go with your intuition, synthesize quickly, and go. The incremental 20 percent may simply yield diminishing returns.

ICYMI: HACKS YEAR IN REVIEW

HACKS ON THE ROAD: COMING UP

• Chicago, IL | University Club of Chicago | January 21 @ 5:30 p.m. 

In conversation with advisor and activist Christie Hefner, Alyssa will share insights from her book and provide strategies for everything from managing a household to taking colleagues to rock concerts. To RSVP, please email Irina Gavrilova at info@ajrventures.com.

• Chicago, IL | Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | January 28 @ 5:30 p.m. 

Alyssa will be joining YaleWomen Chicago for a talk on the book. To RSVP, please email Irina Gavrilova at info@ajrventures.com.

• Chicago, IL | Charles M. Harper Center | February 10 @ 4:30 p.m. 

In partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Alyssa will speak with the University of Chicago’s Women in Business Group at the Charles M. Harper Center (5807 S. Woodlawn Ave.). To RSVP, please email Irina Gavrilova at info@ajrventures.com.

• Baltimore, MD | The Center Club | February 12 @ 5:00 p.m. 

Alyssa will be headlining a Viewpoints Event at the Center Club of Maryland. If you want to RSVP now, you can contact Janine Lis at the Center Club at jlis@centerclub.org. 

• Chicago, IL | Women’s Athletic Club of Chicago | February 26 @ 5:00 p.m. 

Alyssa will be discussing #hacksthebook at the Women’s Athletic Club of Chicago. To RSVP, please email Irina Gavrilova at info@ajrventures.com.

• Chicago, IL | Gilt Bar Chicago | March 10 @ 5:30 p.m. 

The Stanford Chicago Alumni Association will be hosting Alyssa for a book talk in March. More details to follow soon!

HACKS IN THE PRESS

• Windy City Live | “Life hacks from a CEO & mom of 2 about how to have it all” 
• Fox32 | “Leadership and Life Hacks, A New Book By Alyssa Rapp“
• The Mercury News | “NOW READ THIS“
• ABC7 | “CEO & Mom Shares 100 tips On…Work-Life Balance“
• WGN News | “Alyssa Rapp on new book ‘Leadership & Life Hacks’”