My Edison Talk video is live!
Last month, I participated in Chicago Ideas Week, and gave an "Edison Talk" on time management. If you've got 13 minutes and 40 seconds to …Read More
Category Archives: Productivity
Notes on NaNoWriMo and pacing
I’m having fun with my NaNoWriMo novel. I started a fresh file and am writing from the beginning. While the characters are the same as …Read More
The context of an hour
I spend lots of hours with my family. Over the past weekend, I spent the majority of Friday, and pretty much all of Saturday and …Read More
Can you really spend just 20 hours a week on core production?
I’ve been writing about how to construct the perfect 40-hour workweek. (Key line: create a career that’s on fire without you getting burned out!). I …Read More
Those little administrative tasks that eat your time (or do they?)
Were I not tracking my time, my story of yesterday would go like this: I did almost no real work. Instead, household administrative tasks ate …Read More
Finding space in full days
In my ebook, What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend, I wrote that there are 60 hours between that 6 p.m. Friday night …Read More
How to manage a full-time job, kids, and start a business too
I attended the Rock the World conference this past weekend, and got to meet a number of fascinating entrepreneurs. One of them was Emilia Prahin, …Read More
Weekend life hacks
It was a very full weekend. I won't say "busy" as I'm against that word. Also, there was still a fair amount of open space. …Read More
Projects and progress
If your days are filled with working and raising a family, it can be tough to find space for tackling personal projects. It doesn't matter …Read More
Conquer the world in 40 hours a week
I’ve been somewhat obsessed lately with the idea of “maximum sustainable progress.” Some people’s careers are not just productive but prolific. How do they structure …Read More