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To boost focus choose intensity over endurance: An interview with The Unmistakable Creative’s Srinivas Rao
Author and podcast host Srinivas Rao shares the best advice he’s collected in the past decade. From why intensity of focus beats endurance. Why he writes all his emails before opening his inbox. And how to prioritize downtime and stop working when you’ve done “enough”.Read »
Time off is a prerequisite for good work (Not a reward for it): An interview with New York Times columnist Carl Richards
Human beings aren’t always the most logical creatures. We say we want to spend our time productively, but then waste hours on social media or …Read »
The power of consistency: An interview with side project and community builder Ben Lang
In this interview, we spoke to MapMe founder Ben Lang about his daily routine, how he prioritizes the work that matters most, and the importance of consistency when it comes to hitting your long term goals.Read »
How to know if you have an unhealthy relationship with your phone: An interview with author Catherine Price
When do you know you have an unhealthy relationship with your phone? Maybe it’s when you notice yourself checking it within minutes of waking up …Read »
When (exactly) should you do focused work? How this AirBnB developer discovered the optimal time for deep concentration
Tell me if this sounds familiar. You spend your days working your “regular job,” clock out, come home, and get to work on something else. …Read »
Tech overuse at work is a symptom. Your culture is the disease: An interview with behavioral designer Nir Eyal
Human beings have been fighting distractions for thousands of years. Yet, somehow it seems like the battleground has shifted. Rather than what you’d typically think …Read »
Why you’re not “addicted” to technology (and it’s dangerous to say so): An interview with behavioral designer Nir Eyal
In this interview, behavioral designer Nir Eyal explains why making tech the scapegoat for our distracted world is so dangerous.Read »
The worst distractions are the ones we love: An interview with author and habit coach James Clear
When author, photographer, and weightlifter James Clear first started his blog he had a simple goal: write twice a week, every week, without fail. But …Read »
Interview: Yana Vlatchkova, COO of Swipes
Our interview series asks developers, designers, and other knowledge workers to share their favorite productivity tools and techniques, and how they overcome struggles like procrastination …Read »
Interview with Andreea Mihalcea, techie and quantified self practitioner
Our interview series asks developers, designers, and other knowledge workers to share their favorite productivity tools and techniques, and how they overcome struggles like procrastination …Read »