Superorganizers

How smart people organize what they know.

Feb 28, 2022

Why You’re Not Doing Creative Work

And how to start again even if you don't have time

Apr 13, 2021

Action Item: How to Become a Machine

Nate Berkopec tunes himself like a server—in a surprisingly human way

Mar 23, 2022

The Feedback Decision Tree

How to Give Feedback to Your Colleagues

Jan 15, 2022

Beware of Pet Explanations

A few weeks ago, I was out shopping in SoHo when I was gripped by the sensation that everything was about to go horribly wrong. I am not a s

Nov 11, 2020

A Sneak Peak At a Next Generation Personal CRM

A preview of Clay + access to Hebbia.ai

May 6, 2021

The Truth About Mental Models with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street’s founder talks about learning loops, how to read, and how to avoid bullshit

Jun 9, 2020

I’m Married to an Emergency Room Doctor in New York City

How fighting the pandemic has changed our lives forever

Jun 18, 2020

How to never lose another memory again

The co-creator of Flow State explains what happens when you put your entire life in bullet points.

Feb 7, 2025

How Yancey Strickler ‘Scrolls’ Offline

The Kickstarter and Metalabel cofounder just needs butcher paper to work through ideas

Apr 28, 2020

If your system was a house, would you want to live in it?

In his book Notes on the Synthesis of Form Christopher Alexander writes about how to design buildings: “[A good design is an] effort to ach

Aug 20, 2022

Why You Keep Doing Productivity Systems That Don’t Work

And how to do something new

Jul 23, 2020

How New Ideas Happen

“The first step to a new cosmogony is a step back” — Paul Feyerbend, Against Method Raise your hand if you’ve murdered an idea.  I have. It

Oct 23, 2020

What’s Going On When Hard Work Seems Impossible?

Work and procrastination are controlled by the neurotransmitter dopamine. We explore dopamine's role in productivity, and what it means for getting yourself unstuck.

Jan 2, 2025

What One Organizational Wizard Knows About Notion

Designer and teacher Marie Poulin on organization, AI, and ADHD

Nov 18, 2022

The End of Effective Altruism?

Success has many philosophical bedfellows; frauds have none

Sep 24, 2022

Fear, Courage, and Willingness

How to walk the path to fearlessness

Sep 25, 2020

Dopamine Stacking

The hidden wisdom in trying new tools and systems

May 22, 2020

The Fourfold Book Index

How I Take Book Notes

Jun 11, 2022

The Complete Guide to Peer Coaching

Some of the most impactful therapy sessions of my life haven’t come from a therapy session

Dec 9, 2020

Cognitive Behavioral Productivity

How you can use psychology to get unstuck

Jun 5, 2020

Organize Your Week with the Weekly Priority Sheet

This week’s article is dedicated to the memory of George Floyd and the millions of people who have suffered racial injustice in America. Na

Nov 9, 2021

Cultivating Flow

Remembering Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, discoverer of Flow

Mar 9, 2021

When Content Becomes Your King

Matt D’Avella on creator burnout and building an audience for the long run

Mar 25, 2021

Dan Shipper: The Sultan of Superorganizers

We turn the tables to reveal the systems and processes he uses to run his life