Mindset
About this category
Content whose primary subject is how an individual manages their own psychology, focus, habits, or relationship with work. The unit of change is the *person themselves*, not their business or team.
Showing 2363 articles for Mindset.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Career advice for non-linear paths in tech
EO
December 21, 2022
Productivity & habits
8
Goal setting
6
Niche selection
5
A messy career path can compound into a unique, hard-to-copy edge
Ask for 20 minutes, not a mentor — relationships build before requests
Productivity means fewer tasks, not more — 60% of work time is wasted
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Writing things down clarifies priorities and builds emotional resilience
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 19, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
Writing for 20 minutes across four days improves mood and immune function for six months
The practice mirrors your life—revealing what you avoid, what blocks you, and what matters
Even without publishing, writing cuts through noise and helps you reclaim control of your time
Work-life balance
Podcast
Managing stress types to design a sustainable deep life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
December 19, 2022
Work-life balance
9
Productivity & habits
7
Vision & mission
6
Your stress tolerances should drive career design — not just your schedule
A pull-based holding tank lets freelancers control workload without losing clients
Overcoming distraction requires a whole-life identity shift, not better time-blocking
Resilience & grit
Podcast
18 unexpected truths about Marcus Aurelius, the Stoic emperor
The Daily Stoic
December 18, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Marcus lived through plague and lost eight children yet remained devoted to virtue.
The Stoic emperor cried openly, slept poorly, and doubted himself constantly.
He gave half his power away and kept learning until his dying day.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Turning adversity into fuel: the Stoic formula for using everything
The Daily Stoic
December 16, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
7
Bad experiences are material — the Stoics said use all of it
Farm life makes Stoic principles concrete, not abstract
Dragging a dead cow home: memento mori you can't intellectualise away
Deep work & focus
YouTube
Take control of your life by reframing circumstances and finding your superpower
Silicon Valley Girl
December 15, 2022
Deep work & focus
10
Management
8
AI tools & automation
7
The meaning you assign a circumstance decides every outcome that follows.
Entrepreneurship is identifying your superpower and delegating everything else.
Decisions made from your core positive emotion compound; fear-based ones spiral.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Difficult things are good for you: a stoic guide to measuring your days
The Daily Stoic
December 15, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Physical discipline directly builds the mental self-control stoics prized
Ancient philosophers were soldiers and wrestlers, not just thinkers
Living each day well means less frenzy, less laziness, less pretending
How to Transform Time Poverty into Time Affluence
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 14, 2022
Time management
9
Productivity & habits
7
Work-life balance
6
Time poverty is psychological, not mathematical—fix it by prioritizing meaningful activities.
Exercise, kindness, and awe boost confidence and expand your sense of what's possible.
Put your golf balls first; sand fills the rest. Full attention transforms routine into ritual.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Mr. Rogers' wonder, discipline, and the practice of goodness
The Daily Stoic
December 14, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
8
Origin stories
7
Fred Rogers had a strict daily regimen — goodness was his practice
Acceptance isn't complacency; it's the precondition for growth
Making goodness attractive is the hardest assignment you'll ever take
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on productivity balance, deep life design, and slow work
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
December 12, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Work-life balance
7
Productivity as a hobby paradoxically undermines the work that matters.
Face your full workload head-on before deferring, deleting, or delegating.
Disruption is not depth — design the steady state first, then find the path.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Winning at work and life without choosing between them
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
December 8, 2022
Work-life balance
10
Productivity & habits
7
Hard stop times and six-hour days boosted profit by 50%.
Sleeping under six hours is cognitively equal to legal intoxication.
Hustle culture and the ambition brake are both losing strategies.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Jimi Hendrix: obsessive practice, differentiation, and dying too soon
Founders
December 6, 2022
Identity & self-belief
10
Deep work & focus
9
Origin stories
7
Compressing 25 years of guitar practice into five builds irreplaceable skill.
Sounding like no one else is a deliberate strategy, not a personality quirk.
Relentless pace without rest destroyed one of history's greatest musicians.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Why Twitter won't be replaced and how to do deep work when you own your time
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
November 28, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Processes & SOPs
6
Mastodon can't replicate Twitter's engagement — and that's fine
Three steps to kill the hyperactive hive mind inside your organisation
Multi-scale planning turns autonomous schedules from anxiety into advantage
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Go-to-Market Across Multiple Verticals Without Niching Down
Rob Walling
November 25, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
Focus means one segment at a time for six months minimum, not niching forever.
Pick segments by TAM, product-market fit, and team affinity — not gut feel.
Markets always lag marketing; commit before measuring, then iterate and expand.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Stoic practice of gratitude and letting go of what isn't yours
The Daily Stoic
November 24, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Marcus Aurelius spent 10% of his meditations on gratitude, not suffering
Treating everything as already lost makes loss bearable and presence possible
People are not possessions — entitlement to them is the real loss