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Do with Applied Thinking
Leadership strategist Dan Pontefract outlines a three-step process for open thinking—creative, critical, and doing—emphasizing the importance of flexibility and focus during the doing phase, while offering best practices for individuals and organizations to enhance applied thinking and productivity.
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Four Ways to Practice Mindfulness
In this video lesson, Jon Kabat-Zinn presents four immediate mindfulness practices—lying in bed, sitting, standing, and walking—to help cultivate awareness and combat procrastination, anxiety, and stress by focusing on the present moment.
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Learn, Remember, and Apply New Information
In a video lesson, Charles Duhigg discusses how to effectively manage overwhelming information through intentional disfluency—interacting with data rather than passively consuming it—and conscious scaffolding, which involves structuring new information around existing knowledge for better retention and application.
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Manage Your Mind for Better Focus
In a world filled with distractions, Charles Duhigg’s video lesson emphasizes the importance of mental modeling to enhance focus and prioritize what truly matters, helping you defend your attention and prepare for daily challenges.
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Pair Your Ambition with a Structured Plan
Charles Duhigg suggests improving productivity by prioritizing a “stretch goal” at the top of your To-Do list, followed by “SMART goals” that break down your big ambition into manageable tasks, avoiding the pitfalls of mood-repairing trivial tasks.
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The Science of Productivity
Humans, unlike robots, can’t produce identical results consistently, but Pulitzer Prize-winning author Charles Duhigg suggests we can channel our natural curiosity and creativity toward achieving our personal goals and passions.
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The Last Man Standing Mindset
Former CIA operative Andrew Bustamante shares how the “win or die trying” mindset can enhance leadership by fostering accountability, minimizing distractions, and promoting excellence in business through strategic decision-making and support for high performers.
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Design Remote-Capable Workflows
Cal Newport emphasizes the importance of setting clear boundaries for hybrid and remote teams, suggesting synchronized schedules, designated workspaces, and simulated commutes to enhance efficiency and well-being.
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How to Implement Slow Productivity in Your Organization
Cal Newport emphasizes the importance of effective workflow strategies for teams, advocating for transparent workload management and structured communication to enhance productivity and reduce stress, ensuring the team operates smoothly like a well-oiled machine rather than a sinking ship.
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Stabilize Your Schedule with Time Blocking
Cal Newport suggests using time blocking to enhance productivity and reduce stress by intentionally scheduling specific activities, allowing for focused work on larger tasks and flexibility for adjustments when plans change.
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Enter a Deep-Work State
Cal Newport emphasizes that while frequent email and social media checks are common, they lead to “continuous partial attention,” hindering productivity, and suggests adopting deep work strategies to enhance focus and efficiency in achieving high-quality results.
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Obsess Over Quality (Principle 3)
Productivity expert Cal Newport advocates for slowing down to prioritize quality in work, emphasizing the importance of identifying key priorities, enhancing professional skills, and avoiding perfectionism to achieve better outcomes and a more fulfilling work experience.
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Work at a Natural Pace (Principle 2)
The Industrial Revolution shaped our work habits towards constant intensity, but productivity expert Cal Newport advocates for a balanced approach that includes rest, realistic task estimates, and mindful work environments to enhance sustained productivity without burnout.
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Do Fewer Things (Principle 1)
Productivity expert Cal Newport advocates for modern knowledge workers to achieve better results by reducing simultaneous tasks, minimizing overhead, and maintaining focus, ultimately leading to faster completion and improved quality of work.
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Three Key Principles
In this video lesson, productivity expert Cal Newport challenges the notion that constant busyness equates to productivity, urging us to redefine success by meaningful outcomes and reclaim our time and energy for work we can truly take pride in.
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Slow Productivity
Despite the pitfalls of multitasking leading to burnout, productivity expert Cal Newport advocates for “slow productivity,” which emphasizes focused, intentional work that prioritizes long-term output over performative tasks, ultimately enhancing both accomplishment and well-being.
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Secrets to Getting Ahead and Getting Promoted
Gen Z workers are driving a focus on diversity and inclusion, yet many traditional norms persist, prompting Gorick Ng to advise new employees on how to navigate office dynamics and prioritize high-profile assignments for career advancement.
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Prioritize Your Core Responsibilities
Stephen Covey’s quote emphasizes that instead of merely following your schedule, you should prioritize essential tasks, a strategy career advisor Gorick Ng elaborates on by offering tools to distinguish between urgent and important tasks for a more effective workday.
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Navigate Your Do-Over Moments with a Career Savings Account
Jon Acuff emphasizes that while he’s not a financial planner, investing in your “career savings account”—which comprises relationships, skills, character, and hustle—can provide the stability needed to navigate career shifts and achieve success.
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Keep Yourself and Your Team Calm Under Pressure
In this video lesson, former fighter pilot Guy Snodgrass shares strategies for maintaining composure under pressure, emphasizing that calmness fosters a steady environment, enhances decision-making, and encourages effective communication within teams facing adversity.
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Boost Your Productivity by Prioritizing Tasks
In this video lesson, former fighter pilot Guy Snodgrass shares three strategies for prioritizing tasks—using the Eisenhower Principle, identifying quick wins, and avoiding burnout—to enhance productivity in any profession.
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Managing the Voice in Your Head
Your inner voice significantly influences your quality of life, and while it can motivate you, psychologist Ethan Kross warns it can also lead to negative thought cycles, or “chatter,” but his research offers tools to regain control and foster a positive mindset.
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Address the Root Causes of Distraction in the Workplace
Many individuals experience frustration with workplace technology, but author Nir Eyal argues that the real issue lies in workplace culture, emphasizing the need for psychological safety, employee forums, and modeling focus-friendly behaviors to foster a healthier, more productive environment.
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Stay on Track with Pacts (Step 4)
In his video lesson, author Nir Eyal explains how making pacts—effort, price, and identity—can enhance workplace motivation and accountability by precommitting to actions that prevent unwanted behaviors and distractions.
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Hack Back Your External Triggers (Step 3)
Nir Eyal emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between external triggers that lead to distraction and those that foster focus, advocating for the removal of unhelpful cues and the implementation of strategies to enhance productivity in both personal and workplace environments.
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Make Time for Traction (Step 2)
In his 1908 book, Arnold Bennett emphasized that we have all the time there is, and modern author Nir Eyal builds on this by advocating for intentional planning and syncing schedules to align with our goals and values to regain control over our time.
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Master Your Internal Triggers (Step 1)
Brian Tracy emphasizes that our beliefs shape our reality, a notion supported by Nir Eyal, who suggests that by reframing uncomfortable emotional triggers and adopting a proactive mindset, we can overcome distractions and self-limiting beliefs to enhance our focus and willpower.
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The Fundamentals of Human Motivation
Procrastination often stems from internal triggers like fear of loneliness or boredom, as Nir Eyal explains, suggesting that managing time effectively requires addressing the emotional discomfort that prompts distractions.