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№ 363Know when you're in a sprint
Sprints, recovery, Shaan Puri's work-like-a-lion frame, temporary intensity, and knowing when to push hard or back off.
№ 362Most problems are maintenance problems
Maintenance, systems, checklists, health, relationships, and why small upkeep prevents many big problems.
№ 361Energy is a better constraint than time
Energy, attention, sleep, deep work, and why the same hour can be either useful or useless depending on your state.
№ 360The cost of keeping too many options open
Optionality, commitment, decision fatigue, quitting, and why keeping every door open can quietly shrink your life.
№ 359Your calendar shows what matters
A simple way to make time for the work you keep putting off.
№ 358Build a stable base, then add excitement
Routine, excitement, recovery, stable systems, and why adventure works better when the basics are handled.
№ 357The pull-up bar beats the perfect plan
Environment design, habit friction, proximity, pull-up bars, grocery aisles, and making the right behavior easier to repeat.
№ 356Find the wave
Growing industries, career leverage, startup momentum, and why the environment you choose can make effort go further.
№ 355Excitement is a better compass than happiness
Excitement, happiness, lifestyle design, energy, and why aliveness can be a clearer signal than abstract life optimization.
№ 354The cost of a lukewarm yes
Hell yeah or no, optional commitments, quitting, enthusiasm, and why lukewarm yeses quietly crowd out better things.
№ 353Your brain wasn't built for 47 open loops
Open loops, mental overload, writing things down, doing things in series, saying no, and making specific plans.
№ 352Everything takes longer than you think
Planning fallacy, building projects, hidden dependencies, and why real work rarely follows the neat version in your head.
№ 351You can make a good decision and still lose
Thinking in probabilities, separating process from outcome, and making cleaner calls when the future is unclear.
№ 350The hard part is deciding what matters
Essentialism, selective focus, saying no, calmer productivity, and building systems around fewer better things.
№ 349The generalist's moment has arrived
In a world that keeps changing, the people who can connect dots across domains win.
№ 348What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, if you set it up right
Some systems collapse under pressure. Others get stronger. The goal is to be the second kind.
№ 347You don't rise to the level of your goals
You fall to the level of your systems. Here's how to build better ones.
№ 346The best companies don't compete head-on
Incremental improvement is comfortable. The biggest opportunities usually come from rethinking the category.
№ 345The boring math behind everything that works
The most powerful force in the world is the one you can't see working.
№ 344The most expensive thing you own is your attention
In a world designed to distract you, the ability to focus is becoming more valuable.
№ 343The story is the product now
Building got easier. Standing out got harder. The differentiator is narrative.
№ 342The curse of knowing too much
Expert Fallacy, Curse of Knowledge, Steal Like an Artist & Making Friends While Traveling Happy Sunday! Just a few weeks ago I spent an evening talking to a…
№ 341Years of dabbling vs. weeks of immersion
Immersion, Surfing, Outliers, Travel & Learning Faster Happy Tuesday! I’ve been surfing on and off for years. I’m still intermediate at best.
№ 340Your best hours are getting wasted
Energy Management, Outlive, The Corporate Athlete & Working Smarter Happy Sunday! I used to think productivity was about squeezing more into the day.
№ 339Less but better
Essentialism, Saying No, Hell Yeah or No & Cutting What Doesn't Matter Happy Sunday! I had 14 things on my to-do list last Monday.
№ 338The work nobody sees
Invisible Work, Atomic Habits, Do Things That Don't Scale & Quitting My PM Job I spent an entire day last week doing work that would make a terrible social…
№ 337What kept going while I was away
Snow Crash, Lessons from 29, Growing on X & The Rule of 100 Happy Monday! Just got back from 2.5 weeks in New Zealand.
№ 336One thing, all day
Deep Work, Maker's Schedule, Vibe Coding & Books for Work Happy Monday! My most productive days look boring from the outside. One task. All day. No switching.
№ 335A deadline made me build better systems
Building Systems, Getting Things Done, Staying on the Bus, Vibe Coding & Books for Work I’m in New Zealand right now. Two and a half weeks.
№ 334What should you stop doing?
Addition by Subtraction, Via Negativa, Antifragile & Knowing What's Wrong Happy Monday! Every productivity article tells you what to add. New morning routines.
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