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
One morning, I had to present a project but woke up twenty minutes behind schedule. I grabbed my notes and sprinted across campus, mentally reviewing my key points between gasps for air. When I burst through the classroom door, the professor immediately called me up to present. Still breathing hard, heart pounding, I launched into… Read More »The cardio speech hack
While watching a movie I’d waited months to see, I caught myself doing something strange. I was scrolling Instagram, responding to texts, and still felt weirdly empty. My brain was consuming three content streams simultaneously, yet somehow still bored. That’s when I realized what had happened. My mind no longer knew how to focus on… Read More »How to Do a Dopamine Detox
Traditional to-do lists lie flat on the page, but your work doesn’t. I spent years staring at traditional, linear task lists, wondering why I felt constantly overwhelmed. My tasks looked like separate islands with no prioritizations and connections between them. How could I choose between tasks when I couldn’t see how they related to each… Read More »The visual 1-3-Nexts to-do list method
According to a poll by Marks & Spencer, American women spend an average of about 17 minutes each day deciding what to wear (men are not far behind, spending an average of 13 minutes on their daily outfit choices). This amounts to approximately four days per year and six months over a lifetime spent on… Read More »Build Your Minimalist Wardrobe
Most productivity advice focuses on managing time, setting goals, or finding motivation. Yet these approaches miss something fundamental. The hardest part of any project isn’t doing the work – it’s starting the work. I learned this lesson while watching Laura Mae Martin, Google’s executive productivity advisor, coach some of the world’s smartest people through their… Read More »The 5-Minute Preparation Hack
You’re either being productive (good) or procrastinating (bad). You’re either working on what matters, or you’re wasting time. This black-and-white thinking dominates every productivity book, app and system on the market. For years, I saw my tendency to avoid big tasks as a moral failing. Why couldn’t I just buckle down and focus like everyone… Read More »Getting Things Done When You Don’t Want To
A groundbreaking study has uncovered a secret that can change how you work. Workflow music doesn’t just sound good. It rewires your brain for peak performance. Forget downing another espresso or forcing yourself through gruelling late nights. The key to unlocking your most efficient and motivated self is hitting play on the right tunes. The… Read More »Workflow music to boost your productivity
Do you keep pushing daunting tasks to the bottom of your to-do list? Maybe it’s launching a new project, writing a lengthy report, or tackling a challenging problem. Whatever it is, it feels like an impossible mountain to climb. You keep pushing it off, promising to get to it later. But ‘later’ never seems to… Read More »The Start, Continue, Finish Technique
It’s easy to operate on autopilot. We float from task to task, decision to decision, without true intention. But what if there was a way to jolt ourselves awake? Turns out, the key is simple. Not an app, not a planner, but the power of putting pen to paper. Write down every decision to supercharge… Read More »Decision journaling for increased productivity
