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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:
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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:
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Helpful Reading
Recent Articles
Use this simple trick at your next presentation to make your audience instantly pay attention
Most presentations are boring, and as a part of my business degree I've listened to countless presenters drone on while a boring screen filled with boring words sits behind behind them. This quick trick will get your audience to focus back on you.
It sure is fun to jump head-first into something
Yesterday was an exciting day. A couple of minutes after sending out a bunch of messages to friends about launching A Year of Productivity, the site went down for several hours. But it did get a lot better, and a lot more fun.
Introducing A Year of Productivity
I just got my business degree and was offered two great jobs, both of which I turned down. Why? Because I have a plan. For exactly one year, beginning May 1st, I'll devour everything I can get my hands on about productivity, and write every day about what I’m learning. No catches - just a total focus on finding practical, tactical tips to make my life and your life better.
Make someone’s week by being uncommonly nice
it is impossible to underestimate how you can make someone's day just by being uncommonly nice to them.
How to gain back 13.6 years of your life, in an instant
Assuming you live to be 70 (which is almost near-certain considering today's life expectancies), you'll spend an impressive 34 hours a week watching TV, which will amount to 13.6 years throughout your life.
Ideas are worthless, and execution is worth everything
It's funny how an article from 2005 can still be so relevant today. About eight years ago, Derek Silvers (the founder of CDBaby) wrote about how ideas are worthless by themselves, and only become worth something when they're multiplied by great execution. I'm...
10 currencies you own that are worth more than money
Money talks, and it's one of the strongest motivators out there. But there are a ton of other currencies that can heavily influence other people in addition to money.
The most terrifying question you will ask yourself today
I was going to make this one of those blog posts where I ask you to grab a pen and a piece of paper ("I'll wait"), ask you to write down a bunch of garbage and then answer a question, but I decided against it. No one ever actually grabs a pen and paper. Instead of...
5 ways to be more productive the next time you do the dishes
It's a simple equation: the dishes need to get done, because if they don't get done, they pile up and then you get sad. But here's the thing - activities that eat up a lot of time but only a little attention are incredible opportunities to be more productive.
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