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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
A simple trick that will let you live 13.6 years longer
If a genie magically appeared in front of you and asked whether you...
Your 4 most important habits
Takeaway: Your four most important habits are the foundation that your other habits grow from. Though they vary from person to person, Gretchen Rubin, in her latest book Better Than Before, identifies the four big ones: ample sleep, getting enough...
5 ways to keep your phone from taking over your life
Takeaway: Your smartphone may be difficult to get rid of, but it's possible to keep it from seeping into your life and making you less productive. A few ways I found to do this: do a phone swap (I swap phones with my girlfriend when we're out...
The cure for writer’s block (or any kind of block, really)
Takeaway: I experienced a big case of writer's block after I pushed myself too hard to write, didn't step back enough from what I was writing, and didn't give myself permission to fail. When I stepped back to become kinder to myself, take frequent...
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...
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...
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