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
How to beat shallow work chaos, read smarter, and master a hard job
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
September 3, 2020
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Processes & SOPs
7
Separating setup from execution stops shallow chaos invading deep work blocks.
Concrete career targets beat vague specialisation goals — find a real person to reverse-engineer.
Organise everything first; only then can you see and fix what you're bad at.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to identify, develop, and deploy your natural talents at work
Bill Gallagher
September 2, 2020
Identity & self-belief
10
Delegation
8
Management
7
Talent is innate — you can deepen it but cannot create it from scratch.
CliftonStrengths profiles are unique to one in 33 million people.
Shared strengths language removes judgment from team feedback and conflict.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How shifting perspective unlocks better thinking and decisions
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
September 1, 2020
Identity & self-belief
8
Work-life balance
7
Relationships & family
6
Perspective, not willpower, is what actually governs every choice you make
Fiction builds wisdom faster than nonfiction by firing imagination and context
Parenting standards set today determine the quality of adults 70 years from now
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport answers productivity and deep life questions
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
August 30, 2020
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
7
Processes & SOPs
5
Time block planning forces you to confront how little deep work time exists
Rooted productivity: write your systems down in one place, review weekly
Early-career rule: say yes relentlessly until you've earned the right to say no
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Habit tune-up: deep work, email overload, and project sequencing
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
August 27, 2020
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Communication
5
Leaving your house is the fastest fix for work-from-home focus loss.
Academia's email culture accidentally rewards unpleasant professors over caregivers.
Sequential vs parallel project scheduling matters less than working with your natural grain.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Eight habits for daily happiness from a naturally content person
Noah Kagan
August 26, 2020
Identity & self-belief
9
Productivity & habits
7
Most unhappiness is self-inflicted by consuming the wrong things
Name the cause of a bad feeling — it stops the spiral instantly
Blunt, immediate communication prevents small friction becoming resentment
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Deep work, digital minimalism, and the harms of screen-dominated life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
August 23, 2020
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
7
Management
5
Name deep vs. shallow work before trying to change your team's culture
A digital presence amplifies value — it cannot create it from nothing
Heavy screen use degrades social skills, empathy, identity, and mental health
Arnold Schwarzenegger's rules for building an extraordinary life
Founders
August 23, 2020
Goal setting
9
Resilience & grit
7
Bootstrapping
6
Schwarzenegger was a millionaire before 30 — from bricklaying and mail order, not movies
Skipping the ladder: always seek the hardest competition, never the safe next step
Harsh upbringing became fuel — he credits his father's cruelty for driving him to America
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Productivity habits: systems, skill-building, boredom, and deep work
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
August 20, 2020
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
8
Resilience & grit
6
No productivity system removes the hard work — stop switching.
Interview career role models for their story, not their advice.
If a grad could do 80% of your job in a day, alarm bells.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
A practical four-step system to break dopamine-driven procrastination
Noah Kagan
August 19, 2020
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
A 24-hour screen-free detox resets your baseline and restores perspective.
Removing notification badges and sounds puts you back in control of rewards.
Gate leisure behind real work to make dopamine intentional, not automatic.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Cal Newport on deep work, digital detox, and the costs of autonomy
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
August 17, 2020
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Deep work produces disproportionate value — but access to it is structurally unequal.
Digital detox rules fail; rebuild your tech life around values first, rules last.
More autonomy demands more self-imposed structure, or it becomes destabilising.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Habit tune-up: outsourcing, interruptions, studying, and productivity systems
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
August 13, 2020
Productivity & habits
9
Outsourcing & delegation
6
Deep work & focus
5
A plain text file beats any app for surviving constant interruptions
Publications in top venues is the only PhD scoreboard that matters
Time blocking — not lists — is the real alternative to inbox-driven days
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Scaling Up Insights: Stress, Think Time, Pivoting, and Trends with Three Coaches
Bill Gallagher
August 12, 2020
Resilience & grit
9
Deep work & focus
8
Pivoting
7
Believing stress is harmful — not stress itself — raises mortality risk 43%.
Strategy Fridays and day-parting protect irreplaceable deep-work time.
Separate what you deliver from how: the delivery mechanism is the pivot point.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
How the law of 100 stops you quitting too early
Noah Kagan
August 12, 2020
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
7
Commit to 100 reps before judging results — ever.
Quitting early is a data problem, not a motivation problem.
Nine concrete tactics to stay consistent until 100.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Eight steps to rebuild income and momentum from zero
Noah Kagan
August 6, 2020
Resilience & grit
7
Cash flow management
6
Prospecting & outreach
5
Stabilise cash first — bill stress kills the space to think clearly
Bring proof of work to job applications; most candidates bring nothing
Start building an audience now — it takes years to compound