Longer-form thinking behind the videos - systems, tools, and workflows in detail.
A collection of 17 productivity tips across attention, energy, focus environment, and systems - see if you can spot the common thread between them.
Read post →Quick Entry with Autofill, Mail to Things, hidden Quick Find lists, PARA-structured Areas, and more - everything I've learned about squeezing the most out of Things 3.
Read post →Eliyahu Goldratt's Theory of Constraints says every system has exactly one bottleneck - the Five Focusing Steps for finding it, why "keep everyone busy" backfires, and how I used it to fix my own content pipeline.
Read post →Nine months into a daily creatine habit, here's what the research says about creatine and cognitive performance, and what actually changed for my focus, energy, and the 3pm slump.
Read post →Five takeaways from Ali Abdaal's Feel-Good Productivity - the magic Post-it note question, the 10/10/10 rule, the spotlight effect, and how the labels you give yourself shape what you actually do.
Read post →What Johann Hari's Stolen Focus reveals about treating attention like currency - interruption costs, multitasking's bad exchange rate, and why sleep and mind-wandering top up the balance.
Read post →What Cal Newport's Deep Work reveals about why concentration feels so hard right now, and the specific things - from attention residue to productive meditation - that actually get it back.
Read post →Old-school iPhone shortcuts you've probably missed, from text replacement to back tap actions, plus everything landing in iOS 27 - system-wide proofreading, Siri in the keyboard, and natural language Shortcuts.
Read post →PARA is the four-category framework I use to organise everything digital - notes, files, and to-do lists - using one mental model instead of a different system for each.
Read post →Brian Tracy's "eat the frog" idea, turned into a morning system for tackling your most avoided task first - plus the A-B-C-D-E trick for fake urgency.
Read post →Apple's built-in Reminders app has quietly become a serious task manager - 12 features that made me stop looking elsewhere for a to-do app.
Read post →The five techniques from Atomic Habits that genuinely changed how consistent I am - make it obvious, attractive, easy, and satisfying.
Read post →How I rebuilt my attention span after losing it to endless scrolling - the walks, tech tweaks, and daily-planning habits that actually worked.
Read post →How I rebuilt my productivity system after burning out - freedom calendars, capping active projects at three, master prompts, and a boring phone.
Read post →Two TickTick features that genuinely moved the needle on my digital overwhelm - calendar management to cut anxiety, and Pomodoro to manage attention.
Read post →The everyday tech hacks that make my life run smoother - iPhone shortcuts, NFC tags, Mac apps, home automations, and a water pitcher that changed my habits.
Read post →A six-step framework - role, task, specifics, context, examples, notes - that can improve your AI responses by up to 300%, with a real-world before-and-after.
Read post →A curated list of iOS apps to kickstart your focus, creativity, and personal growth - from AI food tracking and app blockers to meditation coaches.
Read post →Live transcription, Quick Notes, smart folders, deep linking, Math Notes, and more - the genuinely useful features buried inside Apple Notes.
Read post →How to go from beginner to advanced with Claude Cowork, one level at a time - file organisation, skills, connectors, projects, and scheduled tasks.
Read post →Nine quick tips - from custom instructions and writing styles to Projects and Deep Research - that get you noticeably better results from Claude every day.
Read post →The exact seven AI workflows I use to hand the most repetitive parts of my job to AI - from voice email replies to automated meeting prep and weekly reviews.
Read post →An end-to-end AI workflow for job hunting - from a master CV and tailored applications in minutes, to debriefing your interviews in real time.
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