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How to set up your bedroom for a great night’s sleep (Turn It Into a Cave)
As I explained in last week’s post, a great night’s sleep starts with 90 minutes of deep sleep. It can increase productivity by up to 150% and prevent…
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Why 8 hours of sleep is terrible advice and what to do instead (The 3T Method)
85% of people don’t get sufficient quality sleep at night, which kills their productivity and resilience during the day. Fortunately, there’s a simple…
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How to avoid digital clutter for good in five minutes a week (Maintaining PARA)
Last week, I explained how to use productivity expert Tiago Forte’s PARA method to declutter your desktop in 60 seconds. As it turns out, keeping it…
How to declutter your desktop in 60 seconds (PARA Method)
Digital clutter kills our productivity. A Princeton study found that it restricts our capacity to process information, impairs our ability to focus, and…
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How to avoid all-day meetings with random participants and no agenda (Slack Saunaing)
Entrepreneur Jason Fried compares group chat tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams to “being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no…
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How to limit screen time to 90 minutes a day (Intermittent Digital Fasting)
While we have more leisure time than 50 years ago, there is an important twist, according to Harvard professor Ashley Whillans (pictured above…
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How to double your productivity in 3 simple steps (Ultrafocus)
Focusing deeply is the “killer app of the knowledge economy”, according to The Economist: “It is only by concentrating intensely that you can master a…
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How to win back 5+ hours a week (Meetings à la Musk)
In an email to Tesla employees in 2022, Elon Musk wrote that “excessive meetings are the blight of big companies and almost always get worse over time…
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