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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Nir Eyal on timeboxing, relationships, and managing internal triggers
How I Work
January 17, 2024
Time management
9
Deep work & focus
7
Relationships & family
6
To-do lists create anxiety; constraints from calendars force real trade-offs.
Friendships don't end in fights — they starve to death through neglect.
All distraction is an attempt to escape discomfort, not a tech problem.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Living and thriving with adult ADHD: Dave Delaney's journey
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 15, 2024
Identity & self-belief
8
Productivity & habits
7
Diagnosed with ADHD at 50 after sobriety and meditation revealed lifelong patterns others saw clearly
ADHD isn't a flaw—dopamine seeking drives entrepreneurship, performance, and connection
Overwhelm causes paralysis: break projects small, journal thoughts, extend grace to yourself
Resilience & grit
YouTube
How to show up and perform when times get hard
Brendon Burchard
January 15, 2024
Resilience & grit
10
Deep work & focus
7
High performers double down on fundamentals when markets get hard.
Knowing who you're fighting for unlocks a different performance level.
Passive scrolling costs the average person three months of work a year.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Organizing your life outside work as the first step toward depth
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 15, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Work-life balance
6
Personal chaos — not work chaos — is what blocks ambition from growing
A calendar, file storage, and mail sorter are all you need to start
One month in, you'll have data to cut what's wasting your time
How to steer business decisions from the visionary brain
KeyPersonOfInfluence
January 14, 2024
Goal setting
9
Long-term planning
7
Reptile and autopilot modes silently sabotage every business decision
Your best thinking from five years ago is now your baggage
IP is never the baggage — packaging, pricing, and distribution are
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How to take control of your career using the Magic Loop
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
January 14, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Communication
7
Resilience & grit
6
A five-step loop that builds career momentum even with mediocre managers
How Ethan survived publicly failing Jeff Bezos and got promoted anyway
Why senior managers stall — and what actually gets you to director
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Choosing to live extraordinarily: the decision that changes everything
Brendon Burchard
January 11, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
5
Money without challenge leaves you hollow, not wealthy.
Serving others is what separates fulfillment from mere success.
Motivation is a daily practice, not a personality trait.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
How to think more innovatively and build products that matter
Lenny's Podcast Product Career Growth
January 11, 2024
Identity & self-belief
8
Product-market fit
7
AI strategy & adoption
6
Good ideas always look dumb first — the more disruptive, the dumber.
Users only adopt when value gained vastly outweighs effort to switch.
AI will make pixels as cheap as the internet made information distribution.
Physical & cognitive performance
Podcast
How Lisa Leong turned burnout and shingles into a personal health lab
How I Work
January 10, 2024
Physical & cognitive performance
8
Physical health & longevity
7
Resilience & grit
5
Being fit and healthy are not the same thing.
Qigong beat every biohacking gadget for restoring joy.
Work backwards from age 100 to build your daily habits.
Physical & cognitive performance
Podcast
Breaking sugar addiction and building lasting health habits
How I Work
January 9, 2024
Physical & cognitive performance
9
Productivity & habits
6
Physical health & longevity
5
Saying "I don't" instead of "I can't" boosts healthy choices by 50%
Sleep restriction — less time in bed — is the most powerful insomnia cure
Post-meal 10-minute walks significantly blunt blood glucose spikes
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Mailbag: Self-awareness, sleep, delegation, and productivity tools
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
January 8, 2024
Productivity & habits
9
Deep work & focus
7
Delegation
5
Your chronotype determines whether early rising will actually work for you
Knowing the minimum a shared tool requires frees you to use your own system
Delegation fails without doing the task together first — documentation is key
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
How to rebuild self-esteem through progress, alignment, and service
Brendon Burchard
January 8, 2024
Identity & self-belief
10
Resilience & grit
6
Why ignoring your wins keeps self-esteem frozen for decades
Congruence must run tight and consistently — occasional alignment doesn't count
Gossip, comparison, and rapid judgment are the three forces silently eroding confidence
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Slow distractions: why downtime quality shapes your life
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
January 8, 2024
Deep work & focus
9
Identity & self-belief
6
Fast distractions short-circuit human instincts; slow ones actually satisfy them.
Slow downtime makes days feel longer, richer, and more memorable.
Career success requires building rare skills, not waiting to be chosen.
Productivity & habits
Podcast
How Amantha Imber wrote and published The Health Habit
How I Work
January 8, 2024
Productivity & habits
8
PR & media
7
Processes & SOPs
6
Why health books keep failing — and how behaviour science fixes it
The streak board, hall passes, and temptation bundling that got 60,000 words written
Audiobook recording is harder than writing the whole manuscript
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Self-awareness, curiosity, and building real leverage in life and business
GaryVee
January 6, 2024
Identity & self-belief
9
Social media
6
Productivity & habits
5
Money exposes your existing emotional state — it doesn't change it.
Curiosity beats premature specialisation; try things before deciding you don't like them.
Build inbound leverage through content instead of asking cold contacts for favours.