All Episodes

Episode 98: How to not be tired

Episode 97: The Wisdom of Effortless

Episode 96: How lucky we are to be alive right now

Episode 95: The joy of security

Best-of: The three ingredients of relaxed productivity (with bonus content)

Episode 94: Dynamic, handwritten journaling

Episode 93: How to identify your best practices and bad practices

Episode 92: Vision and persistence

Episode 91: Overcoming the Problems of Today's Social Media -- with Brian Amerige

Episode 90: Mindsets for overcoming adverse circumstances

Episode 89: Productive role models for 2021

Episode 88: Lessons from work fortnights

Episode 87: 6 kinds of focus

Episode 86: "Performance time" vs. "feedback time"

Episode 85: How to spend time

Episode 84: The wisdom of Cal Newport

Episode 83: The danger of moral safety

Episode 82: The three ingredients of relaxed productivity

Episode 81: Learning from master practitioner-teachers

Episode 80: Avoiding overwhelm (part 2)

Episode 79: Avoiding overwhelm

Episode 78: Best-case, worst-case thinking

Episode 77: Working easier through strategic discipline

Episode 76: When it’s difficult to get started

Episode 75: Being proactive about health

Episode 74: Focus and opportunity cost

Episode 73: How to think constructively about public injustices

Episode 72: Mining the past

Episode 71: An organism-based understanding of the new Coronavirus

Episode 70: Triumphing Over Distraction

Episode 69: The disruption playlist

Episode 68: Triumphing over disruption (part 2)

Episode 67: Triumphing over disruption (part 1)

Episode 66: Flourishing during a massive disruption (part 2)

Episode 65: Flourishing during a massive disruption (part 1)

Episode 64: Flourishing during a pandemic

Episode 63: Insights on fasting and food frequency

Episode 62: An Invitation to Thoughtful

Episode 61: Lessons From Fasting

Episode 60: The value of meditation, revisited

Episode 59: The Wisdom of Terry Hayes

Episode 58: An Exploration of Expectations

Episode 57: The most important New Year’s resolution

Episode 56: Optimizing nutrition for healthspan

Episode 55: Choosing the right thinking medium

Episode 54: When to work “too hard”

Episode 53: How to guarantee progress

Episode 52: Mastering 80%

Episode 51: The wisdom of Flow (part 3)

Episode 50: The value of a clear operating standard

Episode 49: The wisdom of Flow (part 2)

Episode 48: The wisdom of Flow (part 1)

Episode 47: Internal direction vs external direction

Episode 46: Reengineering routines

Episode 45: Tracking mental metrics

Episode 44: No Means Yes

Episode 43: Recalibrating standards of success

Episode 42: The Joy of Reverse Procrastination

Episode 41: The lesson I relearned from my new dog

Episode 40: The wisdom of The Fountainhead (part 1)

Episode 39: The case for achieving 80% of your potential (part 2)

Episode 38: Clear thinking and human flourishing

Episode 37: Life recipes

Episode 36: The case for achieving 80% of your potential

Episode 35: The search for truly great content (part 3)

Episode 34: The search for truly great content (part 2)

Episode 33: Cultivating appreciation

Episode 32: 2019 resolutions--progress report and lessons learned

Episode 31: How I learn from other people’s systems

Episode 30: An innovative psychotherapist

Episode 29: The search for truly great content

Episode 28: The wisdom of Arnold Bennett (part 2)

Episode 27: The wisdom of Arnold Bennett (part 1)

Episode 26: The search for superior systems

Episode 25: Q&A on resolutions, contexts, and personal assistants

Episode 24: The benefits of a time-blocked life

Episode 23: How to evaluate controversial technologies

Episode 22: The “altitude walk”

Episode 21: New Year’s resolutions for 2019

Episode 20: How no news leads to good news

Episode 19: Engineering your life routine

Episode 18: Seeking stimulation vs. seeking nourishment

Episode 17: Focus and opportunity cost

Episode 16: The art of self-experimentation

Episode 15: Nutrition (part 3)

Episode 14: Nutrition (part 2)

Episode 13: Nutrition (part 1)

Episode 12: The weekend crisis and the Playtime Planner

Episode 11: Q&A

Episode 10: Review and survey

Episode 9: Relaxed productivity (part 2)

Episode 8: Relaxed productivity (part 1)

Episode 7: Rejuvenation

Episode 6: Respecting context and independence

Episode 5: Constructive conversations

Episode 4: The science of explanation

Episode 3: How to enjoy growth and progress

Episode 2: Upgrading our knowledge systems

Episode 1: The problem I most want to solve