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Press & media.

In addition to sharing ideas about productivity and wellness through books, articles, podcast episodes, and talks, I sometimes have the opportunity to share them through media interviews.

Here are a few selected mentions from various press outlets.

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The New York Times

Distracted? Work Harder! → Having Trouble Finishing This Headline? Then This Book Is For You → The Case for Doing Nothing → Stop Trying to Be Productive →

The Wall Street Journal

'Intentional' Review: Tricks to Stay on Track → Can Apple's Screen Time Reports Actually Help Curb Your Phone Addiction? → How Productivity Apps Can Make Us Less Productive (And Less Happy) →

Financial Times

Why being lazy is the secret of more creative thinking →

The Sunday Times

Why we can't concentrate — and how to fix it → 8 Ways to Get Stuff Done →
Magazines

Harvard Business Review

A Two-Minute Burnout Checkup → 4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction → 5 Research-Based Strategies for Overcoming Procrastination →

TIME

Why Being Lazy Is Actually Good For You →

BBC Worklife

How to work on a huge news day → Your slow email replies are causing serious anxiety →

TED Ideas

7 strategies to keep your phone from taking over your life →

Fortune

The 3 Best Business Books of the New Year → Simple Ways to Add 2 Hours More to Your Day →

Fast Company

5 ways to finish what you started, according to a productivity expert → How to solve complex problems (by not focusing on them) → These Four Common Mistakes Are Making You Less Productive At Work →

Forbes

The Fastest Way To Be More Productive Is To Slow Down → 7 Counter-Intuitive Insights On How To Get Things Done →

Wired

Want to Write a Book This Year? These Tools Can Help →

GQ

Why Being Less Busy is the Key to Getting More Done →

Oprah Daily

Books to Read by the Fire → 15 Simple Ways to Become a More Productive Person →

The Cut

Work Smarter: Why You Should Add a 'Done List' to Your To-Do List →

Vox

How to focus on one single goddamn thing →

Men's Health

The Best Way to Recover From a Tough Workday →

Thrive Global

Here's Why Meditation Makes You More Productive → A Productivity Expert On the Power of Hyperfocusing →

Lifehacker

Unload Your Thoughts and Ideas With a "Mind Capture" Ritual → Give Yourself a "Think Break" to Keep Your Long-Term Work Focused → 10 Lessons I Learned from a Year of Productivity Experiments →

Business Insider

This is the time of day when you should work on your most important tasks → This 15-minute daily exercise can make you more successful →

Quartz at Work

This simple productivity tip nudges the easily distracted — ever so gently →

Reader's Digest

How to Be More Productive In Your First Hour of Work →
Canadian!

The Globe and Mail

Breaking the cycle of toxic productivity → This productivity poison is exhausting you → Squirrel: We must zero in on improving our attention management → A word of advice: Take a think break →

Maclean's

Brain hacks for better productivity →

Toronto Star

How 'scatterfocus' can improve focus and attention span → Lessons from a year of extreme productivity →

National Post

Slacker success: Why working 20 hours a week is more effective than 90 →

Chatelaine

How To Focus Your Distracted Mind →

CBC

The Productivity Project — CBC Books → Interview — CBC Radio, The Homestretch →

Reader's Digest Canada

5 Ways to Prevent Busyness From Ruining Your Life →

Talks, interviews, and book breakdowns.

TEDx Manchester · 19M+ views

How to Get Your Brain to Focus
Big Think
The productivity advice that will actually improve your life: Full Interview
Nick Milo · Linking Your Thinking
This Book Will Help You Finish What You Start (Intentional by Chris Bailey)
Thomas Frank
How to Focus on Your Work — 3 Lessons from "Hyperfocus"
TEDx Liverpool
A More Human Approach to Productivity
Talks at Google
The Productivity Project | Chris Bailey | Talks at Google
Thomas Frank
5 Lessons from "The Productivity Project" by Chris Bailey

Podcast appearances.

A selection of long-form conversations on focus, productivity, and intentional living.

Self Conscious with Chrissy Teigen cover art Self Conscious with Chrissy Teigen

How to Train Your Mind.

Listen → The Ezra Klein Show cover art The Ezra Klein Show

Your attention is being hijacked. Chris Bailey can help.

Listen → Modern Wisdom cover art Modern Wisdom

The Most Important Principles Of Productivity.

Listen → Mac Power Users cover art Mac Power Users

Getting Intentional with Chris Bailey.

Listen → Smart Passive Income cover art Smart Passive Income

The Productivity Project with Chris Bailey.

Listen → The School of Greatness cover art The School of Greatness

How to Increase Your Productivity, Save Time, and Get More Done.

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