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- 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
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- Podcast: Should you wake up early?
- Podcast: All or Something Thinking (Replay)
- Podcast: How to Get Unstuck
- Podcast: Our phone home screens
The Productivity Project
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Hyperfocus
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How to Calm Your Mind
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Helpful Reading
Recent Articles
To become more productive this week, try working less
Takeaway: By working less—like by working fewer hours during the week, and by scheduling less time for your important work—you do two things at once: you expend more energy over a shorter period of time to get the work done, and you prevent your...
Experiment: Living Like a Caveman for a Month
Takeaway: 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 caveman, and sleeping on my hardwood floor after sunset—to see what impact this has on my productivity....
Here’s a simple trick to save an extra $504.30 this month
Takeaway: Most habits cost money—but there are usually alternatives that can save you money. To buy back more of your freedom, recognize these alternatives, do them instead (when they're not too tough) and invest the difference. Estimated Reading...
If you own an iPhone or iPad, download iOS 9.3 and enable “Night Shift” right away
Takeaway: If you own an iPhone or iPad, download the iOS 9.3 software update, and after you do, enable the Night Shift feature. The feature reduces how much blue light—a type of light on the blue end of the wavelength spectrum—your device emits,...
How the internet destroys your productivity
Takeaway: The internet is probably essential and integral to your work. But the research shows that it usually leads you to get less done. When we’re connected, we waste more time, become more distracted, and bring less focus and energy to our...
100 things to be grateful for
Takeaway: Research shows that recalling what you're grateful for trains your brain over time to become happier—and that happier people are more productive. Here are 100 things to be grateful for, submitted by readers like yourself! Estimated...
10 ways to make your next work break as refreshing as (scientifically) possible
Takeaway: Taking breaks is crucial for your productivity. To make your next break as refreshing as scientifically possible, completely step back from your work during that time, and, if you can, invest in a stress relief strategy while on break...
How to Set Smarter, Faster, and Better Goals
Strange as this might sound, lately I've grown to really enjoy writing the odd article for Linkedin. A Life of Productivity will always be my home on the internet, but I've found LinkedIn a great way to reach new people with what I write...
Here’s exactly how long your work breaks should be
Takeaway: As a general rule, you should take more breaks than you already are. Studies show that in the morning, we can work for (at most) 90 minutes at a time before we begin to lose focus. Throughout the day, we should break for about 15 minutes...
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