Productivity

Takeaway When you get a bit of time throughout the day, set a timer, and then blow through as many email messages as you can. When the timer finishes, shut down email until the next sprint. Estimated Reading Time 1 minute, 35s. My favorite email productivity tactic is to do email sprints. The idea is simple. When

Written by Chris Bailey Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity and is the author of three books: How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project. His books have been published in more than 40 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they

Takeaway: Productivity advice is great, but make sure it actually makes you back time. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 59s. Productivity advice is great—usually. But there’s a point of diminishing returns. If you spend four hours every day on some “productivity system” you’ve built, all that time will really eat into the time you would

Written by Chris Bailey Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity and is the author of three books: How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project. His books have been published in more than 40 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they

  Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 19s. About a week ago, I submitted my next productivity book to my publisher (🥳!) The book will be coming out as a hardcover book, around the world, likely in 2026 (which feels incredibly far away from now). But now that the book has been dropped into the Rube

Written by Chris Bailey Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity and is the author of three books: How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project. His books have been published in more than 40 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they

Written by Chris Bailey Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity and is the author of three books: How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project. His books have been published in more than 40 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they

Written by Chris Bailey Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity and is the author of three books: How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project. His books have been published in more than 40 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they

Written by Chris Bailey Chris Bailey has written hundreds of articles on the subject of productivity and is the author of three books: How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project. His books have been published in more than 40 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they

Takeaway: We often feel guilty as we work because we question whether we’re working on the best possible thing. Often, this guilt is misplaced. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 59s. When it comes to our work, there is always an opportunity cost to our time—the other things we could be making progress on when we