There’s a standard rule in productivity circles: “Organize your tasks by project.” You hear it everywhere. It’s repeated in books, blogs, and productivity courses. The idea seems logical – group related tasks together so you can work on them efficiently. There’s just one problem with this approach: It completely ignores the fundamental constraint of human… Read More »The Time Sector Method
“Are you a visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learner?” This question has shaped education for decades. Most teachers worldwide still believe students learn best when taught in their “preferred” style. The idea sounds logical. Some students learn by seeing, others by hearing and others by doing. But learning styles don’t exist, at least not in any… Read More »The Learning Styles Myth: Why Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic Labels Fail Students
Last winter, I showed up to an important client meeting without my laptop. I had forgotten to charge it the night before and left it on my desk in my morning rush. As I sat there, embarrassed and unprepared, I realized this wasn’t just bad luck. It was the predictable outcome of a flawed system.… Read More »Tomorrow mapping
We’ve been thinking about days all wrong. Most of us view our waking hours as a single entity, a day, that either goes well or poorly. For me, one overlong breakfast meeting would cascade into a missed workout, which would turn into skipped work and takeout for dinner instead of cooking. By evening, I’d surrender… Read More »The Four Quarters Technique
I’ve searched for what makes life worth living through books, podcasts, and expert advice, but somehow, I still felt lost. Then I wondered: What if I asked real people instead of experts? So I turned to Reddit, where strangers speak raw truths they might not share with friends. I combed through hundreds of comments about… Read More »What Makes Life Worth Living? The 20 Most Meaningful Things According to Reddit
I showed up to an important client meeting without my laptop last winter. I’d forgotten to charge it the night before and left it on my desk during my morning rush. Sitting there, red-faced and caught off guard, I knew this wasn’t just bad luck. My system sucked, plain and simple. That night, I started… Read More »The “Dailyish” Practice: The habit formation method that works
Every night, my phone sat on my nightstand, buzzing with notifications, tempting me with “just one quick check” that turned into thirty minutes of scrolling. It served as my alarm clock every morning, pulling me directly from dreams into a world of news alerts and messages. The cruel irony? I used a sleep-tracking app on… Read More »Sleep Better by Keeping Your Phone Out of Your Bedroom
Scientists have long understood that smarter people tend to live longer. The question has always been: which parts of intelligence matter most? Is it quick thinking, strong memory, vast knowledge, or something else entirely? Researchers studying 516 older adults—all now deceased—found something unexpected. Among nine different mental abilities, only verbal fluency predicted survival. People who… Read More »Words add years to your life
While you’ve been focusing on when you sleep and where you sleep, scientists at the University of Tsukuba have uncovered something far more fundamental: what you eat determines how you sleep. Their research on nearly 5,000 people proves what grandmothers have suspected all along: Certain foods make you sleep better. But it’s not warm milk… Read More »Protein and fiber are your secret ingedients for better sleep
When I was a kid, my mother used to tuck me in with a kiss and say: “Count sheep if you can’t sleep.” Instead of counting, I wondered: Why sheep? Why not count ducks or balloons or tacos? And why does counting anything help us sleep at all? I now know the truth about these… Read More »Mental shuffling for faster sleep
