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Which possessions should you spend the most money on?
Takeaway: If you’re frugal but want to splurge once in a while, look at how you spend the majority of your time, and buy things that support those activities. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 27s....
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A foolproof way to get up early every morning
Takeaway: If you have trouble getting up at a certain time, try scheduling a costly social media update to go out at the time you’re supposed to get up. This will motivate you to get out of bed and...
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My book comes out in paperback TODAY!
Takeaway: The paperback version of my book, The Productivity Project, is out now! Estimated Reading Time: 24s. I’m super excited to announce my book is now available in paperback! While I’m completely...
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Feel overwhelmed by work? Try giving your days a theme
Takeaway: Try theming your days if you have trouble juggling competing priorities or want to introduce more structure to your work. You can do this by matching priorities with full and half-day blocks...
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The future involves a lot of recharging
Takeaway: As we bring more devices and gadgets into our lives, we have an increasing number of devices to recharge. I call this Battery Creep. While these devices are convenient, battery creep is...
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Our life span is really only 17.5 years
Takeaway: The average life expectancy in the US is 79.3 years, but if you subtract from that time the tasks we are obligated to do, such as sleep and work, we can be left with as few as 17.5 years....
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The best (& most boring) $150 you can spend on your office
Takeaway: You should pony up for an ergonomic assessment if you sit or stand for long stretches of time. Your appointment will likely teach you a lot about how to improve your working posture. This is...
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Your 5 most important habits
Takeaway: Not all habits are created equal. Your most important habits cause a chain reaction and influence many other parts of your life—positively or negatively. Become aware of your most important...
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Tilting
Takeaway: Over-investing in one area of your life—I call this tilting—is often worth the costs, especially when you do so deliberately. Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes, 36s. There’s a reason this...
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How to keep time from moving so fast
Takeaway: The fewer new and rich experiences we have, the quicker time passes. The solution is two-fold: make an effort to experience more interesting things, and savor what’s familiar. Estimated...
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Too lazy to work out, eat well, or save money? Bribe yourself with habit points
Takeaway: If you have trouble sticking to certain habits, reward yourself with habit points that you can redeem for your favorite indulgences—crappy meals, pizza, and Netflix binges included. Estimated...
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The Best Productivity Advice is Time-Negative
Takeaway: Productivity advice is great. But you have to make that time back—and then some. Estimated Reading Time: 55s. Productivity advice is great—but consuming it can take a lot of time. You need to...
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We Really Only Ever Experience One Emotion
Takeaway: Every emotion you experience is really just excitement. Relabeling your negative feelings as excitement lets you step back from what you’re experiencing, and reframe it in a more productive...
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The Joys of Writing Slow
Takeaway: If you have difficulty writing, give yourself permission to write slower. This makes writing more fun, and you’ll likely produce more. Be sure to also write consistently, and tame...
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My next book, Hyperfocus, is now available for preorder!
I have some super exciting news to share! My next book, Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive In a World of Distraction, is now available for preorder! Here’s what it looks like: Hyperfocus is a...
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Here’s how to calculate, in dollars and cents, the value of your time
Takeaway: It’s worth calculating, in dollars and cents, what your time is worth to you. Chances are the value will orbit around four things: how frugal you are, how much you value your time, your...
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Here’s where you should set your office thermostat to be the most focused and...
Takeaway: Pretty much everything affects your attention—including the temperature of your office. Keep your thermostat set between 70-72ºF (21-22ºC) to be the most productive. Estimated Reading Time: 2...
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Tell me your top work distractions—and win a prize!
Hope your week is off to a great start! I’m writing a big blog post about the largest distractions we face at the office, and I need your help. I’ll even bribe you for it. I need you to answer a simple...
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Your smartphone is chopping your life into tiny, less meaningful pieces
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes, 42s. Takeaway: Our attention is naturally drawn to anything that is pleasurable, threatening, and novel—and our smartphone provides us with a steady stream of all...
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3 things I hope you take away from my new book, Hyperfocus
In exactly one week, my next book, Hyperfocus lands in bookstores everywhere in the U.S., U.K., and Canada! In celebration of that news, I wanted to share with you three big takeaways I’ll expand on...
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