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30 Books for Damn Effective PMs

A practical reading list following “10 Habits of Damn Effective Project Managers”

Jun 18

A collage of 30 popular business and productivity book covers, including titles like The Toyota Way, The Lean Startup, Extreme Ownership, Thinking in Systems, and Who Moved My Cheese? Overlaid text in the center reads: “30 Books for Damn Effective PMs.” The background visually emphasizes recommended reads for project managers seeking to improve performance, leadership, and strategic thinking. Ключевые темы (keywords): project management books, productivity, leadership, business strategy, must-r

Jun 18

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How I Found Work-Life Balance (Spoiler: I Didn’t)

Not sure about you, but whenever I hear “work-life balance,” I get a bit of an eye twitch. It’s stamped onto corporate culture like a green…

Jun 4

Alt-text: A therapist calmly advises a clearly frustrated man to “just find balance,” highlighting the oversimplification of modern burnout advice. Keywords: therapy meme, burnout, toxic productivity, corporate advice, emotional exhaustion, oversimplified solutions

Jun 4

Commercial Offer Checklist for Digital & IT

Or how not to lose money before the project even begins

May 26

Alt-text: Two men shaking hands in front of a signed contract with checkmarks, symbolizing successful deal closure and client satisfaction. Keywords: client onboarding, deal closed, sales success, agency workflow, customer satisfaction, contract signed, business partnership, project kickoff, limits.works

May 26

10 Sales Insights from a $4M Digital Agency Director

I spent over 10 years at a digital and IT agency, growing from project manager to COO.

May 21

Alt text: Cartoon-style image of a man in a hoodie working on a laptop in a cozy room with a coffee mug and a backpack full of cash. Caption: “4M isn’t that much.. But I took notes.” Keywords: startup life, agency growth, project management, founder humor, business lessons, financial success, remote work, digital agency, freelance lifestyle, SaaS growth

May 21

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10 Habits of Damn Effective Project Managers

What truly separates PMs who deliver results from those who just move tickets

May 15

May 15

The Dark Side of Remote Work: Why Companies Are Right to Be Concerned

From weakened collaboration to talent loss and cyber risk — here’s what the remote hype leaves out.

May 13

Infographic on a soft gradient background showing negative impacts of remote work from Buffer’s 2023 report: 45% lower productivity, 30% higher risk of burnout, and 12% lower loyalty. Keywords: remote work statistics, productivity drop, burnout risk, employee loyalty, Buffer report 2023, remote workforce data, workplace trends, hybrid work challenges, team performance, remote work downsides

May 13

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Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2025

A brutally honest take on AI, hybrid work, and all the buzzwords in PMICIE’s project management trend report.

May 1

Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2025

May 1

Why AI Fails in Project Management — And How to Fix It

AI isn’t broken — your system might be. Let’s unpack the real reasons behind failed AI adoption in project teams and what actually works.

Apr 29

Wide-eyed cat looking shocked, with the caption: “Seeing real-time analytics for the first time like..” Keywords: analytics reaction meme, shocked cat, first time seeing data, real-time metrics, funny business meme, project tracking reaction, AI dashboard surprise

Apr 29

The real reason your projects fail — it’s not what you think

Discover why outdated project management systems drain budgets and kill productivity. Learn what modern teams must change to stay on track.

Apr 22

Cartoon-style meme about project management. A smiling man tries to pay with a fake bill labeled “100 StoryPoints,” asking “Do you take StoryPoints?”, while a confused cashier replies “What?” Keywords: project management meme, agile joke, story points vs business value, scrum humor, agile fail, project reporting satire, productivity vs profitability, financial project management, task vs outcome, funny project management, limits.works

Apr 22

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Green Statuses. Red Numbers: The Costly Illusion of Project Success

Why your ‘successful’ projects are silently bankrupting your company

Apr 14

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Split meme featuring Matthew McConaughey. Left: looking calm in a suit — “Me during the status meeting with the team.” Right: crying from Interstellar — “Me analyzing the financial report.”

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project management meme, financial report reaction, status meeting humor, Matthew McConaughey meme, reporting pain, team vs solo work, budget stress, business analytics, corporate life, project tracking

Apr 14

Aleksandr Gaidarzhi

Aleksandr Gaidarzhi

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CEO at Limits | 3x Founder | Helping teams fix what most PM tools ignore: the budget | Build not pitch https://limits.works/

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