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Energy & Alignment

Time management assumes all hours are equal. They're not. Energy management asks a different question: what renews you versus what depletes you? These posts challenge conventional productivity wisdom and offer an alternative—designing your work around your natural rhythms, auditing commitments by energy cost, and building a life that doesn't require your depletion to function. Efficiency isn't doing more. It's doing what matters while staying whole.
Dec 29

Ridiculously Efficient Coefficient Catalyzer #38: Start, Stop, Continue Lists

Following up on last week's time audit activity, this issue focuses on another tested time-optimizer: making Start, Stop, Continue lists.
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Dec 21

Time Management Tips for Busy Professionals: The Activity Audit

Let’s explore one big way to practice effective time management skills at work so you can minimize distractions, save time, and easily manage multiple things.
6 min read
Dec 21

5 Keys to Time Management

In this article, we'll share five time management tips to help you take your productivity to the next level.
6 min read
Jan 06

The Temporal Frame: How to Get Unstuck by Changing Your Language Around Time

So much of productivity is the mental game, and to improve time management, we must optimize how we think about
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Jan 04

Energy vs. Stuff: A Critical Distinction for Time and Focus Management

How do you determine what activities are worth doing, and what to start or stop doing? A key optimization concept
2 min read
Jan 01

Start 2021 Effectively: 5 Things to Do Every Day in January

I swapped New Year’s resolutions for intentional routines... and it changed everything. Resolutions are fun to set... until you
3 min read
Jul 09

A Sleep Specialist Designed the Perfect 60-Min Bedtime Routine

Developing a real nighttime routine is one of those "adulting" situations that a lot of us never quite
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Jun 14

Study Proves Overscheduling Is Bad for Productivity

A recent study published in Journal of Consumer Research proves that overscheduling is bad for productivity. While having a basic
1 min read
Jan 19

Notes Against Complacency: Optimize Your Travel Plans

Whether for work or pleasure, travel is complicated -- even if you enjoy traveling, like me. The logistics of managing
2 min read
Nov 17

Notes Against Complacency: Sunrise Dates

I’ve started noticing that my most productive, fulfilling days — the ones where I fall asleep at night feeling that
2 min read
Nov 03

Ashton Kutcher's Morning Habit That Makes Him More Productive

Ashton Kutcher is best known for acting in funny movies and TV shows, but he is also a producer and
2 min read
Sep 08

The Lily Chronicles: Puppy Productivity Diary Week 1

On August 27, Mike and I welcomed a 12.5 lb. Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy, Lily, into our household. Over the
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