Productivity

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 35 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they can become

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 35 languages. Chris writes about productivity on this site and speaks to organizations around the globe on how they can become

On this episode, we chat about the professional accountability groups we’re in, and why they’re helpful. Topics covered include: A brief chat about Chris’s recent meditation retreat; What an accountability group is; The purpose of forming an accountability group; The structure of our groups and meetings; How often we meet; The sweet spot for how

Takeaway: Your to-do list, with its ever-changing mix of tasks, will never be completely cleared, so it’s more important to master the art of prioritizing and staying present with what matters most rather than stressing over an endless list of tasks.  Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 22s. Today, there are about 100 things on my

On this quickie episode, Chris chats about why you shouldn’t let your to-do list become a source of stress in and of itself. This episode’s a shortie—Ardyn’s out sick this week—but we still wanted to put something helpful in your feed! You can listen (and subscribe) to the podcast below! Enjoy 🙂

On this episode, we chat about commitment devices—forcing functions you can add to your life to accomplish more of your goals. Topics covered include: What commitment devices are; How they work for both approach and avoidance goals; The intention—action gap; Financial commitment devices; Social devices; Ways of adding and removing friction for goal attainment. Links

Takeaway: When you’re putting off doing something, shrink how long you’ll do the task for until you feel less mental resistance to it. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minute, 21s. The other week, I shared my resistance list ritual for tackling tasks I have a high resistance level with. This week, let me share a second, simple tactic

On this episode, we chat about how to calculate your biological prime time—the time of the day you’re the most productive. We cover: How our productivity moves in tandem with our energy levels; How to calculate your “biological prime time”; When we’re the most productive and creative throughout the day; How to work around these

Takeaway: Make a list of everything you’re resisting doing, and each day, pick one thing on the list to do. You might be surprised by how well this tactic works for getting more done and for overcoming mental resistance in general. Estimated Reading Time: 1 minutes, 34s. One of the most productive habits I’ve developed in a

On this episode, we chat about how “SMART” goals might not be all they’re cracked up to me—and a few ways to set smarter goals. Topics covered include: Characteristics of “SMART” goals; The research on how effective SMART goals really are; Performance vs. process vs. learning goals; The different time frames we set intentions over;