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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: Tactics that haven’t stuck for us
- Podcast: Productivity Guilt
- Podcast: Our favorite travel hacks
- Unpacking busyness
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
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.
4 Ways to Surf the Internet Mindfully
Second only to Narnia, the Internet is the most magical, make-believe place in the world. And because it's so magical, it's incredibly easy to get lost in it; jumping around from one distraction to the next - from pictures of food, to cute kittens, to cute girls on...
The Two Minute Rule
However you manage your schedule, it's easy to get caught in the trap of adding absolutely everything to it because, man, that feeling of crossing something off of it just feels so good. The two minute rule will save you from that trap.
13 things to do ‘because it’s Thursday’
This blog is about becoming more productive, but too much productivity can add rigidity to your life. Being a bit more impulsive can help you push back against that rigidity.
Get Unstuck: How to manage your time with the Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro Technique is a dead-simple time management technique that breaks your time down into easy-to-manage chunks. It helps you focus, get more done (in less time), and become much more productive. What's not to love?
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Time & Attention
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