Reading about productivity is great, but you have to do the work

Productivity tactics are great, and the good ones will help you get your work done faster and better. But at the same time, you have to do the...

You should pick up a couple of these stick-on whiteboards

As a writer in the productivity space, companies send me a lot of products. I accept most of it, because it's free, and free stuff is always fun to experiment with. To date, I haven't written about any...

Carve out time to daydream, and fresh excerpts from The Productivity Project!

Hi friends — first off, thanks so much for your incredible response to the announcement that The Productivity Project is out! If you've had time to dig into the book, I'd love to hear what you think—shoot me an email by responding to this one! This week I have three...

The Productivity Project is out NOW — Freebies, Excerpt, and More

I am incredibly excited to announce that my book, The Productivity Project, is OUT TODAY! It's available wherever books are sold—including pretty much everywhere online, at bookstores in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom, and wherever both ebooks and...

My dream is to wash dishes for a living

Takeaway: While we may get paid big bucks to do knowledge work, knowledge work often doesn't offer us as much structure, challenge, or feedback as jobs that are more hands-on, which can make it less motivating. Luckily, it's possible to hack your job...

My favorite ways to stay productive when traveling

Takeaway: My eight favorite ways to stay productive while traveling: anticipating productivity obstacles ahead of time and planning ahead; keeping a template packing list that I use for each trip; not ordering takeout; drinking alcohol and caffeine...

10 productivity lessons I learned writing an 80,000-word book in 6 months

Takeaway: Writing a book is a monster of a project, but projects like it become easier once you make a plan for how to tackle them. When you liberally disconnect from the internet when working on big projects, anticipate obstacles ahead of time, carve...

How to Stay Productive When Everything Goes to $&@%#

Takeaway: A few weeks ago, I broke my ankle traveling overseas. For a couple of weeks my productivity was shot, but what worked better than anything else to get me back on my feet was setting intentions for what I accomplished every day, meditating,...

My Favorite New Year’s Ritual: Creating an Accomplishments List

Every year around this time, with...

Announcement: I’m writing and publishing a book with Crown Business, an imprint of Penguin Random House

When I think back to high school English class, it definitely...

General Productivity

General Productivity

100 things to be grateful for

Takeaway: Research shows that recalling what you're grateful for trains your brain over time to become happier—and that happier people are more productive. Here are 100 things to be grateful for, submitted by readers like yourself! Estimated...

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