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Sharpen The Axe

Stop Emulating Outliers

Extrinsic Motivation Is A Good Thing

The Truth About Self-Reliance

Questions For Self-Improvement

I Hate Being Good.

The Most Important Christmas Message

You Probably Don't Need A Plan

Why I Don't Like Random Acts Of Kindness

Why Monday Is The Best Day Of The Week

Build A Productivity Team

A trick that beats procrastination and roadblocks 100% of the time

Using pride to your advantage

Take the edge off your delusions

The strangest belief about social-impact

Does fear do this to you?

Why Mondays are the best.

The little-known starting point of AirBnB

Why making a mess is important

How do you get out of a rut?

How do you invent the internet?

Does this self-reflection work for you?

The 2 kinds of distractions

The truth about mastery and resolutions

Dealing with conflicting advice

What the kitchen taught me about organization

The core of professionalism

Yes, you should minimize your problems. Here's why.

Tactical Empathy

Yoda's prescription

Why Mondays are great

Try this instead of judging others

Losing our spirit between the church and the parking lot

How a perfect turkey can teach us about context

🦃  The Thanksgiving Reader

Give thanks. Then give this . . .

Doing uninspiring things

I broke down and wrote 3 immutable rules for managing your inbox

Work life balance is B.S.

Get into the ring anyway

Rubber Duck Debugging: an unusual tool for problem solving

How can I help you?

Using feedback loops to follow your dreams

The 3 ingredients of a problem (and solution)

Perspective, data, forgiveness, and hope.

The rocks and the glass

The 4 sexy formulas I use to write every day

A thought to manage overwhelm and burnout

A trick for staying level-headed

How to give difficult feedback

No one cares about Tuesday

There's no such thing as good and evil

There's no such thing as good and evil

3 elements of good work

There's no such thing as a purely "logical" decision

I don't believe in random acts of kindness

What to do instead of judging others

Today is a big day and so is tomorrow

EDIT: Mucus-oozing pores and frightful claws!

The great thing about Mondays

A lesson from the desert

Mucus-oozing pores and frightful claws!

What’s more important than bring perfect

Your decisions are 4 dimensional

Theres no end point.

No task too small

What to do when you're overwhelmed

You're being led to behaviors you don't actually want to do

You need to set more reminders--here's why . . .

Do this at any frequency you like--just make it happen

Try anyway

These skills don't matter as much as you think

Why you should help yourself first

The most important thing is always this . . .

This winter will be hard, here's how we can get through it

You're "off-course" and that's okay

Something small that you do to help others

What to say before delivering feedback

The small science hack that disproves "data"

Is your eye on the prize?

The 3 secrets of intrinsic motivation

You don't need to understand the mechanics

Simplicity

The hidden challenge of monitoring progress effectively

Productivity and innovation are opposites

Your taste will make you suffer

The cost of practice

Stop chasing all your dreams

I'm embarrassed--I've never done this before

The map is not the terrain

Catastrophic, black and white thinking

How we can choose to re-center our focus

How to waste your career

You can't do big things

Resources for productive people who care.

A model for happiness

I challenge you to this

A controversial belief about meritocracy

There are 98 days left

There are 98 days left

Lead others to join you.

You're gonna die and that's great news.

How To Take Action Before You Know What To Do | Episode 003 | Changemaker Career Series

I'll make something else.

The true definition of focus

Guaranteeing performance

How To Quit Your Finance Job And Start A Coffee Company | Episode 002 | Changemaker Career Series

Quitting is for everyone

Quitting is for everyone

Amygdala outrage

I made this for you.

There's no benefit to this. Quit.

The Hard Parts About Starting A Company With A Mission | Episode 001 | Changemaker Career Series

Adjusting the course

The sun came up again

9/11

Maslow plays offense

Sophia Farrar, the good samaritan in the Kitty Genovese case

How to not cancel your plans when the weather is bad

Labor Day didn't happen by itself

The 2 minute trick to better fulfillment

A constant reminder I need

You won't find passion, motivation, and inspiration at your job.

Put the wind at your back

Your gut vs. your thoughts

Be honest with yourself

An advantage of networks

Critical action required

Starting failures

The rearview mirror takes care of itself

Life is just easier when you're on a team

[TOOL] Does your web browser spy on you and sell your info?

There's something in your brain you can't control

What to do with ideas

No. Not everything happens for a reason.

The pilot, the plane, and the engineer.

Needs, dreams, and actions.

Things that do double duty.

You can puke while you're walking.

The truth about Catharsis

The truth about willpower and discipline

What happens when you forget to breathe?

It's 100% nature and 100% nurture

What kids teach us about business and learning

An important leadership lesson from big mistakes

A lesson that takes forever to learn

A trick for unconventional introspection

4 Life Lessons & The Psychology of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

These are the only 3 ways we measure problems

Rolling in the grass

Givers & Takers

[TOOL] Assertiveness vs. Aggression

Wrestling with yourself

Resilience and Grit

The great thing about mornings

A quick remedy for excuses and fears

Cats on a plane

The truth about random acts of kindness

You're fired.

Say this instead of "be careful."

Oxygen masks

This realization stinks

Reading 60 books a year

We are and then we think

Disarming excuses

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood and marshmallows

Finding un-productivity

Difficult conversations

Google's psychological safety

The Influence of Perception

Happiness vs. joy

Advice

Productivity is a function of curiosity

What Bukowski said about motivation

The psychology of perfectionism

The 5 characters of Imposter Syndrome

Creativity is hard

Eliminating internal dissonance

The 4 main life lessons from our Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles analysis

Donatello's DISC personality type and what it teaches us about ourselves

Leonardo's DISC personality type and what it teaches us about ourselves

Michelangelo's DISC personality type and what it teaches us about ourselves

Raphael's DISC personality type and what it teaches us about ourselves

Ancient knowledge from the teenage mutant ninja turtles

Making things harder might help

The hidden meaning of freedom and independence

Understand this magic trick and you'll be more effective

Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and Benjamin Franklin aren't that cool

The best method for sustainable high-output behaviors

This children's book is profound

How to grow infinite basil

Recovering from peak performance

The pivot, the transition, and staying the course.

Stop focusing on results

Giving up

The voice that tempts you

Make your work fight for its life

LEGO® castles and daily effort

The responsibility of fathers

How your brain learns new information

Juneteenth, redlining, and the status quo

Why should you care about this parking lot?

Life lessons from a sandwich artist

The strawberry patch

The Hidden Economic Genius Of The Tequila Guy

Bad money advice

How to effectively manage distractions

I messed up

Red lightsaber tactics

Some unfair advantages

A simple rule for complicated times

The neuroscience of biases

How to pivot in an uncertain world

There are two wolves fighting inside you

The problem with huge, heroic acts of change

The pivotal flaw of words

A way to take action when you feel unproductive

Make this mistake and feel shame and guilt

Choose your weapon

How do you empathize with destruction?

How do you categorize information?

It's not all in your head

What are you worth?

The problem with innovation

I Was Wrong

What's The Daily Drip?

Where To Focus During A Pandemic

The LEGO® Productivity Secret You Didn't Know Existed

Let's Join Forces

Why People Don't Know How To Be Productive At Home

How To Get A Job

Only These Businesses Will Survive Covid-19

An Unexpected Outcome Of The Corona Virus Nightmare

Read This If You Have To Get Over It

Read This If You're Getting Tons Of Useless Emails From Companies About Corona Virus

Read This If You’re Not Sure You’re On The Right Track

Read This If You Want To Go Faster

Read This If You Have To Get Over It

Read This If You're Not Sure You're On The Right Track

Read This If You Have To Get Over It

Read This If You Want To Hire Someone Or Get Hired

Read This If You Think Corona Virus Will Impact Your Work

Read This If You Think You Should Follow Your Heart

Read This If You Think You Should Be Paid What You're Worth

Read This If You Like Superhero Movies

Read This If You Have No Idea What You're Doing

Read This If You're Waiting For Something

Read This If You Have Writer's Block

Read This If You Think You Should Be Yourself

Read This If You Don't Know The Meaning Of Life

Read This If You Aren’t Doing Enough

Read This If You Have Lots Of Ideas

Read This If You Do One Thing At A Time

Read This If You Want To Make Your Life Easier

Read This If You Think You Should Read This

Read This If Work Makes You Happy

Read This If You Need To Focus

Read This If You Think You Could Manage Your Time Better

Read This If You Want Your Job To Make You Happy

Read This If You Think You’re A Rebel

Read This If You Need To Start

This Is Your Business

Read This If You Ate Dry Turkey Last Week