Bestselling Author · Keynote Speaker · Productivity Researcher

Four books. 900,000+ readers.
One through line: becoming more intentional.

Hi, I'm Chris, and welcome to my website! On here you'll find articles I've written, information about my books, and other ways I can help you become more productive—including speaking to your company, my newsletter, my podcast, and my course, Overcoming Procrastination.

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TEDx Manchester 2026

Intentional: How to Finish What You Start

Setting goals is easy.
Following through? A whole lot harder.

Intentional—my new book. It's about accomplishing more with the science of goal attainment.

"A powerful guide to turning ambition into action—by focusing not on willpower but on what matters most."

Charles Duhigg · Author of Supercommunicators

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Here are my four books.

Intentional

Jan 2026

How to Calm Your Mind

2023

Hyperfocus

2018

The Productivity Project

2016

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One of the most-watched TED talks of all time.

How to Get Your Brain to Focus is a mini dive into the science of distraction and how we can use it to our advantage. So far, it has been watched 19 million times worldwide.

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New podcast

Intentional AI.

A podcast with Chris Bailey & David Sparks

Two good friends chatting about how to use AI to become more intentional.

A practical, tactical podcast about using AI to become more productive—with no hype and no doom, just practical advice for using AI intentionally.

Intentional AI cover art—a bonsai tree growing from a sun-yellow disk on a chartreuse circuit-board field

Research-backed keynotes,
customized for your audience.

TED watched 19M+ times · A decade of research · Google · Microsoft · TED

Here are a few places Chris has spoken at:

Google

Microsoft

Salesforce

Amazon

KPMG

Siemens

AstraZeneca

Intuit

WeWork

Cox

BMO

Telus

Zipcar

St. Jude

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Overcoming Procrastination A course by Chris Bailey

Science shows there are just six triggers behind procrastination—here's how to overcome each one.

A practical, science-backed course for people who want to get more projects, tasks, and goals done. Self-paced, 2–10 minute videos, risk-free for 30 days.

$129 60 short videos 30-day guarantee

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Hi, my name is Chris.

I help people just like you become more productive—not in ways that promise to help you hustle yourself to a state of burnout, but in ways that help you become more intentional about what's actually important every day.

Everything got started over a decade ago, when I graduated from business school and declined a few full-time job offers to spend a year running productivity experiments on myself. That year of experimentation turned into my first book, The Productivity Project, which sent me on a course to keep experimenting, researching, and writing about the topic for the last decade.

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Four books. 900,000+ readers.
One through line: becoming more intentional.

Setting goals is easy.
Following through? A whole lot harder.

Here are my four books.

Get a free chapter from all four books.

Recent Articles.

AI Time Management System

My new podcast! Intentional AI

My take on Apple’s AI announcements: The good and the bad

One of the most-watched TED talks of all time.

I've been in all these places over the years.

Intentional AI.

Research-backed keynotes,
customized for your audience.

Science shows there are just six triggers behind procrastination—here's how to overcome each one.

Hi, my name is Chris.

Four books. 900,000+ readers. One through line: becoming more intentional.

Setting goals is easy.Following through? A whole lot harder.

Here are my four books.

Get a free chapter from all four books.

Recent Articles.

AI Time Management System

My new podcast! Intentional AI

My take on Apple’s AI announcements: The good and the bad

One of the most-watched TED talks of all time.

I've been in all these places over the years.

Intentional AI.

Research-backed keynotes,customized for your audience.

Science shows there are just six triggers behind procrastination—here's how to overcome each one.

Hi, my name is Chris.

Four books. 900,000+ readers.
One through line: becoming more intentional.

Setting goals is easy.
Following through? A whole lot harder.

Research-backed keynotes,
customized for your audience.