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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
10 Days of Reclusion: 5 things I’m doing to not feel like $#!†
My sleep quality, energy levels, motivation, and mood have all been affected by my reclusion productivity experiment. Here are five ways I'm trying to fix that.
An Ode to the Dehumidifier
As promised in my Day Four video for my '10 Days of Reclusion' experiment, here is an article I wrote about my dehumidifier. (No, I am not going crazy.)
10 Days of Reclusion – A Funny (and Somewhat Depressing) Day 5/6 Update
I'm not going crazy down here - no, that wouldn't be like me. But I am very close to going crazy, as you can see from this weekend update for my 10 Days of Reclusion experiment.
Ten Days of Reclusion – Day Four Video Update
For ten days straight I’m living in complete isolation and not talking to anyone. Here is a video update (2:07) for Day Four!
For a quick productivity boost, look at some pictures of cute baby animals. (Really!)
Looking at pictures of cute baby animals is entertaining and all, but did you know that it can also boost your cognitive and motor performance?
The exact color to paint your office to become the most productive
I recently spoke with world-renowned color psychologist Angela Wright to ask her how you can use color to increase your productivity. Here is everything I learned.
Ten Days of Reclusion – Day Two Update
For ten days straight I'm living in complete isolation and not talking to anyone. Here is a video for Day Two.
How to simulate the creative vibe of a coffee shop with ‘Coffitivity’
The ambient hum of a busy coffee shop has been proven to boost productivity and creativity. Coffitivity is web app that simulates that vibe on your computer.
For the next 10 days I’ll be living in total reclusion
For the next ten days I'm shutting myself off from the outside world and living in total reclusion to see how living without any social interaction affects my productivity.
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Time & Attention
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