Journal

When making forecasts or setting goals, people usually rely on the inside view—their own intentions, resources, and optimism. It feels natural to believe our situation is different. The problem? That...

We waste enormous amounts of energy on the wrong things. Not just at work — where apps, meetings, and busywork eat the day — but everywhere else too. Decisions about...

Humans are made to move. That’s not a metaphor. It’s biology. Your entire system—muscles, joints, circulation, brain function—is designed around regular movement. But modern work doesn’t care about that. Most...

We overestimate how much thinking helps us solve problems. In reality, most difficult moments—creative blocks, decision fatigue, emotional overload—don’t get resolved by thinking more. They get resolved by doing something....

You sit down to work and feel the weight of everything you haven’t started. Blank screen. Zero momentum. Naturally, your brain resists. But what if you could bypass that inertia...

We’re obsessed with systems. Weekly planners, time-blocking, color-coded calendars—it feels like if we just optimize hard enough, we’ll finally hit that elusive flow state. But here’s the paradox: productivity isn’t...

There’s a little-known but deeply accurate law of time management that should be stapled to the forehead of every entrepreneur, project manager, and overconfident human with a to-do list: “It...

“Priority” meant the first thing. For 500 years, no one pluralized it. Then corporate-speak got its hands on it. Suddenly, everyone had “top five priorities.” Meetings began with PowerPoint slides...

Analysis paralysis happens when your brain is faced with too many choices—or even just one important one—and locks up. You hesitate, debate, tweak your to-do list, maybe scroll through tools...

One of the most dangerous productivity traps isn’t your phone, your calendar, or even procrastination. It’s something you don’t see coming—because your brain edits it out.Confirmation bias doesn’t feel like...

There’s a concept called Luck Surface Area coined by Jason Roberts. It’s the idea that luck isn’t entirely random. Instead, it increases as a function of two things: how much...

There’s a question that can change everything: “What would I do if I knew I couldn’t fail?” It strips away excuses. It reveals what you actually want. And it exposes...