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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
The key to becoming more motivated at work: make more office friends
Forming deeper friendships with your coworkers has been proven to make you as much as 50% more satisfied with your job, and 40% more likely to get promoted.
The top 10 lessons I learned using my smartphone for only 60 minutes a day
For three months, I used my smartphone for only 60 minutes a day. Here is everything I learned from that productivity experiment.
Warning: Are you putting your future self on sale?
Studies have shown that people think of their present and future selves as completely different people, and that they often make terrible decisions because of it. Here's how to steer clear of that trap.
What false limits do you set for yourself?
False limits can serve as invisible fences that limit your thoughts, creativity and ambition. Do you set them for yourself?
The Willpower Instinct: Review
The Willpower Instinct is, as you might have guessed, a book about willpower - that mysterious, magical stuff that helps you with self-control. I'll put it right out there: if you want to get more willpower, you should buy this book.
4 hacks I’ve used to hit the gym every day for the last six weeks
It's very easy to find excuses not to go to the gym, but these four hacks have helped me shatter my mental resistance to going.
I’m spending the week at my favorite place in the world: Camp Quality
I'm taking the week off so I can spend it at my favorite place in the world: Camp Quality.
Guide: How to grow your network without feeling like (or being) a slimeball
When I think of networking, I think of a corny event where suited-up "industry professionals" exchange business cards with one another. But networking authority Chris O'Gorman says things couldn't be more different.
9 stress relief strategies that actually work
Instead of turning to strategies like eating or shopping to relieve stress, use one of these strategies that will actually reduce the levels of stress hormones in your body.
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Time & Attention
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