Mindset: Productivity & habits
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Productivity & habits
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Self-control is a learnable skill, not a fixed trait
Andrew Huberman
May 11, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Motivation
7
- Willpower training barely works — a toolkit of strategies does
- Keeping your 'why' vivid at the moment of choice beats grit
- Intrinsic enjoyment is the only reliable engine for long-term effort
Resilience & grit
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Stress comes from stillness, not from having too much to do
Brendon Burchard
May 11, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Motivation
8
Productivity & habits
6
- People with nothing going on have the most problems
- Most stress is a planning failure, not a capacity failure
- Mastery means taking on more stress, not less
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Blocking mobile internet for two weeks measurably improves focus and wellbeing
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
May 11, 2026
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
Automation & tools
5
- A two-week phone internet block halved screen time and boosted mental health fast.
- Human instincts default to sleep and socialising once engineered distractions are removed.
- Making AI writing faster flooded one journal with unreadable, desk-rejected papers.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Getting sober at 40: stoicism, fatherhood, and facing yourself
The Daily Stoic
May 9, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Productivity & habits
6
- Sobriety isn't quitting — it's confronting why you drank in the first place.
- Addictive energy doesn't disappear; redirect it or it finds a new target.
- Ego dissolution, not willpower, is what stoicism gave his recovery.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Digital detox: reclaiming focus from constant connected stimulus
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
May 7, 2026
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
- One week off social media rivals 8–12 weeks of therapy for anxiety.
- Email and Slack damage focus the same way Instagram does.
- Five concrete detox levels — pick one and run the experiment.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Six Stoic rules for pursuing excellence in daily life
The Daily Stoic
May 7, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
8
- Seeking discomfort deliberately is how real growth happens.
- Ego is the single biggest barrier to learning anything new.
- Every obstacle is training — turn setbacks into fuel for excellence.
Why you feel busy all the time — and what your time log reveals
How I Work
May 6, 2026
Time management
9
Productivity & habits
7
Processes & SOPs
5
- Time satisfaction scores rose 25% after just one week of tracking
- Your post-dinner hours are 4–5 hours — too much to write off
- Three small work changes improve job satisfaction without switching jobs
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Why constraints enable creativity, focus, and better work
The Daily Stoic
May 6, 2026
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
8
- Total freedom makes prioritising harder, not easier.
- Success removes the constraints that made success possible.
- Deadlines, rituals, and commitments are tools — not obstacles.
Productivity & habits
YouTube
How to build lasting consistency using identity, environment, and time
Dan Martell
May 4, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Identity & self-belief
8
- Consistency is an identity problem, not a willpower problem
- Design your environment so the right habit is the path of least resistance
- Public stakes — reward and consequence — turn goals into commitments you keep
Productivity & habits
Podcast
Controlling anger and building better habits through Stoic practice
The Daily Stoic
May 4, 2026
Productivity & habits
9
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
5
- Knowing an action is wrong doesn't stop passion from winning
- Each angry episode reinforces the habit of anger — tracking breaks it
- You are not your values; you are your daily habits
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Nine Stoic rules for a better life from Marcus Aurelius
The Daily Stoic
April 29, 2026
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
8
Productivity & habits
7
- Obstacles don't stop you — they redirect you toward virtue.
- Anxiety lives inside you, not in your circumstances.
- Amor fati, acts for others, memento mori: three principles to live by.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Five practices to rebuild your cognitive fitness in a distracted world
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
April 27, 2026
Deep work & focus
10
Productivity & habits
7
- Daily reading rewires your brain for deeper, more complex thought.
- Leaving your phone plugged in at home removes constant cognitive drag.
- Mastering a hard skill trains your brain to override short-term distraction.
Deep work & focus
YouTube
How Marc Lou ships 35 startups on a $77K/month solopreneur routine
Starter Story
April 26, 2026
Deep work & focus
9
Productivity & habits
7
Resilience & grit
6
- Only 5% of startups succeed — so ship more, not fewer
- A 4–6 hour offline deep work block drives all real output
- Good sleep unlocks locked-in focus that no productivity tool can replicate
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations: Key passages and their practical lessons
The Daily Stoic
April 26, 2026
Identity & self-belief
10
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
7
- Stoicism is a tool for testing fear — not suppressing it
- Best revenge against bad people: refuse to become one
- Good fortune is character, intention, and action — not luck
Work-life balance
Podcast
Building monthly, quarterly, and annual rhythms for rest and renewal
Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life
April 21, 2026
Work-life balance
9
Productivity & habits
7
- A seven-hour solo 'desert day' can fit inside an ordinary workday.
- Frustration at not 'getting anything' is the disorder the retreat is treating.
- Vacation, visitation, and vocation are distinct — conflating them costs energy.