Wake Up to Light Exposure
You drag yourself out of bed feeling like garbage. The alarm went off 20 minutes ago. You’ve hit snooze three…
Methods
Discover science-backed techniques, hacks and step-by-step guides to optimize your productivity and well-being. From sleep and nutrition to habits and time management, transform your daily routines with proven strategies for success.
Too Busy to Work Out? Try “Exercise Snacking”
Exercise snacking, short bursts of movement throughout your day, can improve fitness as effectively as longer workouts, with research showing…
The SMART Goals Framework helps you achieve what you want
We’ve all done it. Started something that mattered, Getting in shape, launching a project, building a new habit. The beginning…
Try Soft Fascination to Reset Your Brain
You’ve been staring at your computer screen for hours, jumping between tasks, notifications pinging every few minutes. You decide to…
How to Manage Your Energy (Not Just Your Time)
You’ve color-coded your calendar, prioritized tasks and added time blocks for deep work. Then Monday hits and by 2 PM…
The Bento Method for Boxed focus and Productivity
You start Monday with 47 tasks on your list. By Tuesday evening you’ve completed 12 of them. Wednesday adds 23…
The Comprehensible Input Method for learning of a new language
A friend of mine spent three years taking Spanish classes. She memorized verb conjugations. She drilled vocabulary flashcards. She completed…
The Information Diet Review
Your brain is drowning in information. Every notification, every news alert, every social media scroll adds another item to an…
Self-Awareness: How to start
You’ve probably heard that self-awareness is the foundation of personal growth. So you buy a journal, set aside time for…
The Getting Things Done Method (GTD) by David Allen
I spent three years drowning in my own to-do lists before I understood what David Allen was actually saying. The…