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.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on thinking while walking, deep work breaks, and task systems
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 8, 2021
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
8
Processes & SOPs
5
Turn daily walks into concentration training with productive meditation
Three break types during deep work — only two belong inside a session
Primary projects need hours scheduled, not task lists
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Arthur Brooks and Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Epicureanism, and the good life
The Daily Stoic
April 7, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Relationships & family
8
Mental health & wellbeing
7
Stoic discipline is a joy — doing it to feel superior is the mistake.
Money, power, fame crowd out the only four things that actually matter.
Two intelligence curves: why your 50s can be your most creative decade.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
Beating distraction by filtering ideas through quarterly priorities
Bill Gallagher
April 6, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Processes & SOPs
5
One question cuts through any distraction: which quarterly priority is this?
Ideas that don't fit a current priority should be released, not pursued.
Team-run meetings with firm agendas keep even the most distracted leaders on track.
Work-life balance
Podcast
NFTs explained, email's real problem, and balancing mastery with deep life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 5, 2021
Work-life balance
9
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
6
NFTs commodify cultural fame — the attached digital file is a red herring
Email didn't kill productivity; the unscheduled hive mind it enabled did
Most people aren't choosing mastery vs. deep life — just calibrating gears
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Managing multiple projects and designing a deep work environment
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 1, 2021
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Time management
6
Two-level planning beats deadline panic for concurrent projects
Delay new project starts until the idea feels inevitable, not just exciting
Physical activity preserves cognitive context better than passive waiting
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on email, deep work, and the hyperactive hive mind
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 29, 2021
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
8
Processes & SOPs
5
Email isn't the problem — unscheduled messaging is the real culprit
A 40-hour academic week is achievable with fixed-schedule productivity
Replace the hive mind process by process, not habit by habit
Work-life balance
YouTube
Resetting priorities as a creator-entrepreneur before a major life change
Silicon Valley Girl
March 27, 2021
Work-life balance
9
Hiring & recruitment
7
Relationships & family
6
Why writing down your priorities makes saying no easier
Shifting from millions of followers to 200 deeply engaged community members
Hiring on gut instinct: why ignoring culture-fit red flags always backfires
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Socrates, wisdom, and the philosophy of everyday life
The Daily Stoic
March 27, 2021
Identity & self-belief
7
Relationships & family
6
Resilience & grit
5
Socrates is misread as ironic — the dialogues are genuinely life-threatening stakes
Why brilliant students (Alcibiades, Nero) turned out worst despite great teachers
Raising philosophical kids starts with whether you're curious yourself
Managing scattered schedules, phantom part-time work, and academic overload
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 25, 2021
Time management
9
Productivity & habits
8
Work-life balance
6
Binge working costs more than it earns — sprints beat all-nighters
Your work budget forces colleagues to confront what they actually ask
Track reading time, not books — it changes everything about how you read
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Avoiding burnout, learning skills, and living a deep life with Cal Newport
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 22, 2021
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Mental health & wellbeing
5
Burnout stems from overload, not weakness — fix it structurally.
A one-page root document anchors all productivity without chaos.
Active recall beats passive study for building hard skills fast.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven journaling strategies from Marcus Aurelius
The Daily Stoic
March 21, 2021
Resilience & grit
7
Mental health & wellbeing
6
Marcus journaled for himself — never for an audience or publication.
Repetition builds the muscle memory that turns philosophy into action.
Evening review, not just morning prep, drives measurable performance gains.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Recovering from hard days and doing deep work the next morning
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 18, 2021
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Physical & cognitive performance
6
Exhaustion comes from open loops, not the hard thinking itself.
A shutdown ritual and recharge morning unlock your next deep day.
Productivity tools help ~10% — hard work stays hard regardless.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Reducing meeting overload and reclaiming deep work time
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 15, 2021
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Time management
7
Meetings spread because they're the one productivity tool people actually follow
Three fixes: personal organization, standing status meetings, office hours
Meaningful activities — not willpower — are the only way off social media
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Always consider unintended consequences and others' perspectives
The Daily Stoic
March 15, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
7
Long-term planning
6
Good intentions alone cause blowback — Caesar's killers created an emperor
Kennedy avoided nuclear war by thinking several escalation steps ahead
Strategic empathy makes you more effective, not just more compassionate
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Time blocking, active recall, and second brains for knowledge workers
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
March 11, 2021
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Time blocking beats Pomodoro for sustained deep work.
Active recall once outperforms re-reading a topic a dozen times.
High-overhead tools only worth it if the productivity win is clear.