The core trouble in our modern relationship with time, I think – made worse by most productivity advice – is that we’ve come to see… Read More »Oliver Burkeman: “You can’t master time… but try the Pomodoro technique.”
I’ve been trying this approach – advocated by my wife but also by Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk – to managing my weeks recently, and… Read More »Themed days: Product. Management. Strategy.
The planning fallacy is that people think they can plan, ha ha. Eliezer Yodkowsky – more here How long does it take to make a… Read More »Experiencing the planning fallacy: How long does it take to make a cup of coffee?
The key resource if you’re running a business by yourself is your time. … And the key insight about time is that software lets us… Read More »Patrick McKenzie on time as asset; time as debt
I find it hard to stop things (working, reading, listening, watching, exercising) at the right time. Sometimes I’m blissfully unaware of the time passing, but… Read More »The art of stopping (in the moment)
By frivolling useful chunks of time away on things that bring neither useful results nor joy;* By believing that you can’t get anything important done… Read More »Two ways to waste time
If it matters to you, support it by showing up when it’s happening. Come – bringing a good version of yourself* – whether you feel… Read More »Building trust by showing up
There’s a fine line between (a) planning your work, pacing yourself, and sticking to your office hours and ( b) when the time comes, doing… Read More »Making it happen
Have a look at your calendar for the month ahead. Observe its gentle slopes and rolling plains. Time. Space. Empty air. Enjoy the illusion: the… Read More »Vanishing time
The planning fallacy is that people think they can plan, ha ha. A clue to the underlying problem with the planning algorithm was uncovered by… Read More »Eliezer Yudkowsky on the planning fallacy