It’s called the Non-Negotiable Mindset, and this is how it works. My Non-Negotiable Mindset started with exercise, or more accurately, with not wanting to.

I've covered a lot of productivity hacks for Lifehacker and the two I liked best, both in theory and practice, were the two- and 10-minute rules. The idea is that if a particular tasks takes less than ...

The simple hack involves calculating an alignment score, or a measure of how much control he had over his time in a given ...

Running errands is boring, but running errands with the promise of getting a strawberry iced matcha on the way? Suddenly, it doesn’t sound so bad. It not only makes the experience more fun while it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The CEO of Superhuman calculates an "alignment score" based on how well his time matches his priorities. Shishir Mehrotra said he ...

There are a variety of ways I have been trying to improve my productivity on my browser, especially after making the switch away from Chrome. I’ve tried read-it-later apps, a new approach to bookmarks ...

There are a lot of ways I trick myself into meeting my goals, like coming up with various rewards and punishments for myself or outsourcing my progress tracking to apps. In general, I'm a deeply ...

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