Mindset
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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.
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10 lessons I'd tell myself if I started over as an entrepreneur
Sunny Lenarduzzi
February 15, 2022
Goal setting
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
7
Vanity metrics feed your ego but drain your energy and soul
Burnout at 29 forced a redefinition of success as peace, not busyness
Being uncopyable comes from grounding everything in your own story
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Deep work explained: what it is, why it matters, and how to do it
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
February 14, 2022
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
6
Checking email mid-task disqualifies the session as deep work entirely.
Depth is becoming scarce — those who prioritise it win disproportionately.
Concentration is a trained skill; without practice, two-hour blocks will fail.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Cal Newport's January 2022 reading list and listener Q&A
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
February 10, 2022
Productivity & habits
7
Deep work & focus
6
Reading five books a month requires making books your default activity.
The smartest MIT minds asked the most questions — confidence, not weakness.
Two toddlers under two is a season; expect less output, not failure.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Slow productivity: a framework for escaping chronic overload
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
February 7, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Work-life balance
5
Chronic overload — not busyness itself — is why modern workers burn out.
Do fewer things, work seasonally, obsess over quality: the slow productivity fix.
Overhead spiral: too many projects means all your time goes to coordination, not work.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven stoic lessons from an abandoned ghost town
The Daily Stoic
February 6, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Motivation
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
A deferred email reply teaches memento mori the hard way.
Nothing is truly owned — Epictetus knew it, the miners proved it.
If not now, then when: fac si facis as a call to act.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to know yourself and refuse to be defined by others
Dr. Grace Lee
February 5, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
6
Tying identity to job title makes every career setback an existential crisis
Childhood attachment needs cause us to abandon authenticity and absorb others' values
Uncovering your true values is the only foundation for genuine self-knowledge
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Don't follow your passion: build career capital instead
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
February 3, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
7
Why matching your job to a passion rarely produces job satisfaction
Get rare, valuable skills first — use them as leverage to shape your career
Work backwards from the life you want, not forward from a dream job title
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Cal Newport's time management system: capture, configure, control
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 31, 2022
Productivity & habits
10
Deep work & focus
7
Reactive time management is a system — just a bad one.
Multi-scale planning (quarterly, weekly, daily) is how you take control.
Constraining what gets on your plate matters as much as organising it.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Using the Pomodoro technique to write books while working full-time
KeyPersonOfInfluence
January 31, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Time management
6
20-minute Pomodoro blocks make high-concentration writing sustainable
Expect only 3–4 quality deep-work blocks per day
Writing before and after work compounds into a finished book
Resilience & grit
Podcast
21 Stoic quotes to guide a better life
The Daily Stoic
January 30, 2022
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Goal setting
6
Why the best revenge is simply refusing to become like them
Self-sufficiency beats wealth — want less, depend on nothing
Time and patience are your most powerful allies, not speed
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Five strategies to nail your performance review
Dr. Grace Lee
January 29, 2022
Identity & self-belief
9
Goal setting
7
Productivity & habits
6
Show ripple-effect impact on revenue, not just task completion.
Partial progress on past challenges still counts — communicate the steps.
Arrive with a post-review action checklist aligned to company goals.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
How to manage communication, deep work breaks, and career design
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 27, 2022
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Ticketing-system thinking eliminates inbox chaos for any team workflow.
Extreme careers like law partner demand trade-offs most people never consciously accept.
Lifestyle-centric planning: design life first, then find work that fits it.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Cal Newport on managing workload, shutdown rituals, and Zettelkasten
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 24, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Why maximising output leads to burnout — and what to do instead
A shutdown ritual to stop work thoughts invading your evenings
Zettelkasten is great for storage, but won't automate your writing
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Four career lessons from top Australian business leaders
How I Work
January 24, 2022
Resilience & grit
8
Identity & self-belief
7
Long-term planning
6
Hard times develop you more than comfortable periods ever will.
Position yourself in growing sectors — opportunity rises with them.
Not all feedback is equal; filter by who is qualified to judge.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Cal Newport on scheduling, career capital, and the deep life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 20, 2022
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Fix time for side projects in advance; constraint forces innovation, not expansion.
Stay in your first job long enough to build career capital before moving on.
The deep life is polyvalent and radically realigned — not the philosopher's 'good life'.