My fake morning commute
If you want to better transition into work mode while working from home, try a “fake commute.” Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 45s.
Productivity Experiments
Articles tagged Productivity Experiments from the archive—sorted newest first.
5 lessons I learned switching to a flip phone for a month
This article is on the longer side, but I wrote it for those who won’t mind—and it’s extra skimmable if you do!
What I Learned Taking a Bill Gates-Inspired “Think Week”
A while back I spent seven days in Jamaica conducting a “think week.” This time in the sun was loosely modeled on Bill Gates’…
5 fascinating things I discovered by making myself bored for a month
For one month, I chose a different task to deliberately make myself bored for an hour each day. I discovered a ton from this…
Everything you need to know about how music affects your productivity
You are most productive when you listen to music that's familiar and minimal, and when you listen only during tasks that don't require your…
Experiment: How Music Affects Our Productivity
Over the next month I'll be diving deep into how music affects our productivity. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 36s.
Here’s what I learned living like a caveman for a month
Modern humans evolved from hunter-gatherers over the last 2.5 million years. Because of this, we thrive best when we adopt some of our ancestors’…
Experiment: Living Like a Caveman for a Month
For the month of April, I'll be living like a caveman—moving 5-9 miles a day, getting as much sunlight as possible, eating like a…
Last month I made every New Year’s resolution under the sun. Here’s what I learned!
Productivity is nothing without intention. But there are countless obstacles that can get in the way of what we intend to accomplish: temptations, not…
Experiment: One Month of New Year’s Resolutions
For the month of December, I have designed a massive productivity experiment to do a deep dive into everyone's favorite (or in some cases,…