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.
Five things to tell your 25-year-old self
Noah Kagan
January 19, 2017
Goal setting
8
Productivity & habits
7
Resilience & grit
5
Block calendar time for thinking, not just doing.
A written 10-year vision — posted everywhere — keeps you on track.
Young people get meetings; pay for dinners and shortcut years of mistakes.
Productivity & habits
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Mac and Gmail productivity shortcuts to reclaim your time
Noah Kagan
January 12, 2017
Productivity & habits
9
Automation & tools
6
Alfred and Hazel automate the file and app tasks eating your time
Gmail keyboard shortcuts alone can cut email time by 25% or more
Maxing trackpad speed and daily typing practice compound into double the output
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How subconscious survival strategies undermine business growth
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Identity & self-belief
10
Goal setting
8
Delegation
6
Your subconscious runs 95–99% of the day and overrides conscious goals
The language level you use — desperation to inspiration — determines outcomes
Business plateaus and hiring failures are symptoms of subconscious blocks
How to use a one-page personal plan to connect life and work
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Goal setting
10
Work-life balance
8
Communication
5
A 10-year personal vision beats annual goals set in a vacuum.
Not naming your spouse in your plan is a relationship mistake.
90-day recurring actions — not resolutions — drive lasting change.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Defining your personal brand: what do you want to be known for?
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Identity & self-belief
10
Communication
7
Vision & mission
5
Vague self-descriptions like 'I get stuff done' cost you senior opportunities
Test your personal brand on strangers — call back 48 hours later for the sticky words
As AI automates execution, human distinctiveness becomes your only competitive edge
Resilience & grit
YouTube
Sustaining high performance without burning out as a leader
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Resilience & grit
10
Management
6
Work-life balance
5
High performers pay a mandatory 30% health tax just for caring deeply
Neglecting the 'self' passion bucket — not work — is what breaks leaders
Emotions are tools for inspiration, never for decisions or reactions
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Reframing weaknesses as strengths: the freak factor framework
Bill Gallagher
December 30, 2016
Identity & self-belief
9
Hiring & recruitment
6
Business models
5
Every weakness has a paired strength — suppressing it damages both
Self-control is finite; spending it on being someone else depletes everything
Businesses win by owning their tradeoffs, not apologising for them
How to build a one-page personal plan that connects life and work
Bill Gallagher
December 22, 2016
Goal setting
9
Management
6
A 10-year life vision produces better annual goals than planning forward.
Reconciling your plan with your partner reveals hidden assumptions.
90-day habit design — starts and stops — drives lasting personal change.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Building a mission-driven personal productivity system with Todoist
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 25, 2016
Productivity & habits
9
Goal setting
6
Your task list should hold commitments only, never ideas or maybes.
Mission-driven focus beats mercenary busyness every time.
Task list zero and inbox zero work best as a daily pair.
Work-life balance
Podcast
Alli Worthington on breaking busy and editing your life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 31, 2016
Work-life balance
9
Time management
7
Relationships & family
5
Every yes is a no to something else — choose deliberately.
Passive social media scrolling reliably makes you feel worse.
Proactive edits beat reactive ones: decide before you're overwhelmed.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
GTD for moms, essentialism, and the Learn Do Become framework
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
July 6, 2015
Productivity & habits
8
Relationships & family
6
A concrete 12-part GTD 'machine' built once, maintained weekly.
Learning without doing never produces the person you want to become.
Essentialism: cutting from 60 vision-board items to 6 unlocked presence.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Managing information overload with relevance, habits, and the right tools
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 28, 2015
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
6
Relevance and urgency are different — treat each channel accordingly
Capture everything immediately; filter and decide only later
Analog tools generate ideas; digital tools structure them
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Managing roles, goals, and time using intentional scheduling
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 14, 2015
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Processes & SOPs
5
Schedule goals first — decline anything that doesn't serve your roles.
Tag-team half-day blocks let two people work and homeschool part-time.
Treat time like a budget: spend it deliberately or life decides for you.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Alison Fallon on claiming your identity and packing light for life
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 6, 2014
Identity & self-belief
9
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
6
Claiming your true identity out loud changes what the world offers you.
You can't have it all — what you pack defines who you are.
Build a bridge as far as you can; leaps are always scary but chosen.
Seven habits for building a meaningful and impactful life
Bill Gallagher
February 8, 2014
Motivation
9
Resilience & grit
8
Management
5
Start with what matters most — survival sorts itself out.
Inspiration is viral; spread it before circumstances kill it.
Playing to the point of failure teaches more than quitting ever does.