I’ve written three books to help you
become more productive, focused, and calm:
Articles
Recent Picks
I’ve written hundreds of articles (with no ads) to help to you manage your
time, attention, energy, and more. Here are a few of my favorite recent ones!
- The Resistance List
- 5 lessons I learned switching to a flip phone for a month
- What happens doesn’t matter all that much
- The productivity payoffs of a calm mind
Podcasts
Time & Attention Podcast
Becoming Better is a podcast dedicated to making you a better human being.
- Podcast: Tactics for meetings
- Podcast: The Value of Meetings
- Podcast: How We Time Block
- Podcast: The art of slow productivity
The Productivity Project
I’ve written three books to help you become more productive, focused, and calm:
Available in 13 Languages
Hyperfocus
I’ve written three books to help you become more productive, focused, and calm:
Available in 31 Languages
How to Calm Your Mind
I’ve written three books to help you become more productive, focused, and calm:
Available in 31 Languages
Helpful Reading
Recent Articles
From now on, I’m cranking out one article/day instead of two
Lately I've been trying to crank out one article/day for this project, but I've found that I'm not diving deep enough into what I want to talk about.
Here’s everything you need to develop a ‘growth mindset’
According to researcher Carol Dweck, there is one single quality that separates successful people from unsuccessful people - whether or not they have a 'growth mindset'.
‘Mindset’ Review: The next book you should read
You need to read this book. The major point of the book is that there is one single characteristic that makes people successful - their mindset. Not some corny "positive thinking" mindset, but whether you have a 'fixed' or 'growth' mindset.
10 questions that will improve your judgement of people
People are pretty hard to read, but here are 10 questions that will help you see a bit deeper into the people you know.
The most powerful force in the Universe, and where to find it
There is a quote that says compound interest is "the most powerful force in the Universe". But compound interest doesn't just work with money, it also works with a few other unexpected things.
Why nobody cares (and what makes that amazing)
People care a lot less about your house, car, job, and clothes than you think. And knowing that fact will change your game.
Challenge: Break one rule today
It's hard to name a wildly productive or successful person who plays by the rules. As one rule breaker put it recently, "If you do follow things in a formulaic manner, you will at best wind up being the same as everybody else".
Introducing a brand new stats page, now with a daily work log and wakeup times
I just updated the stats page with completely redesigned graphs. And I'm now logging the work I do each day, as well as posting my wakeup times!
5 places I’ve failed with A Year of Productivity recently
Over the last couple of weeks I have failed at a number of things I set out to do with this project. This post lists what those are, and exactly why I failed.
The Recap Newsletter
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Time & Attention
Life’s a project—why not become better at it? Explore the latest episodes of my podcast Time & Attention below.
Keynote Speaking
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