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Articles
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: How to think about social media
- Podcast: Should you wake up early?
- Podcast: All or Something Thinking (Replay)
- Podcast: How to Get Unstuck
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
Challenge: Disconnect for a few full days over the holidays
Over the last two years, I've noticed a curious trend on this blog: lots of people visit this site throughout the year, but between Christmas and New Years it’s an absolute ghost town. Productivity isn’t a priority during the holidays, and that's a good thing!...
Read an excerpt from The Productivity Project!
I recently asked my publisher if I could post a small excerpt from The Productivity Project so you can get a feel for what it's like, and they graciously agreed! It's a small excerpt, because the chapters in the book are small—pretty much every one is under 10...
Schedule a Think Break to level up in your work
Stepping Back My favorite kind of person to hang out...
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, least favorite) topic this time of year: New Year's Resolutions. Regardless of whether or not you make them, you've got to...
Laura Vanderkam knows how we can have it all
Takeaway: Laura Vanderkam's newest book, I Know How She Does It, is great. She studies the detailed time logs of 143 women, who all make six figures a year and have families. The insights she offers in the book are fantastic, and my favorites have...
5 simple ways I gained 15 pounds of muscle
Takeaway: The best way to lower your body fat is to eat well, and the best way to gain muscle is to exercise. Lifting weights has productivity benefits, but there are much larger benefits with cardio exercise. But that said, I learned a ton about...
The amazing connection between food and productivity
Takeaway: Your diet affects how much energy you have, which influences your productivity. As I found during my experiment to lower my body fat percentage to 10%, eating for energy is simple in theory, but difficult in practice. The best way I've...
My dream is to wash dishes for a living
Takeaway: While we may get paid big bucks to do knowledge work, knowledge work often doesn't offer us as much structure, challenge, or feedback as jobs that are more hands-on, which can make it less motivating. Luckily, it's possible to hack your...
My book, The Productivity Project, is now available for preorder!!
I've been excited (and anxiously waiting) to post about this for the last year or so. I'm incredibly excited to announce today that my book, The Productivity Project, is available for preorder. And oh boy, I think you're going to like...
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