Superorganizers

How smart people organize what they know.

Feb 23, 2021

Who Shaan Puri is Becoming

The co-host of the My First Million Podcast reveals his tools for growing into a better version of himself

Mar 18, 2025

He Built His Own Encyclopedia. He Says Learning Everything Isn’t Everything.

Ceasar Bautista used to be obsessed with memory and information. Now he’s rethinking what knowledge is worth keeping

Jul 20, 2021

How to get your creative work back on track

Artist and designer Coleen Baik shows us how to make a "What's Next" deck

May 21, 2020

The Fourfold Book Index

How I Take Book Notes

Dec 8, 2020

Cognitive Behavioral Productivity

How you can use psychology to get unstuck

Mar 10, 2021

The Freelancer’s Pricing Model

An excerpt from the new book Art for Money

Oct 28, 2021

How David Perell writes an essay

Harnessing the power of surprise to build writing that spreads

Jun 24, 2021

How to Go Pro as a Creator

John Gannon from GoingVC shares how he made $1mm in revenue as a creator

Sep 30, 2021

The Theology of Productivity

Exploring why productivity can feel empty, and how we can make it whole again

Dec 14, 2020

Tasting Notes with Robin Sloan

The bestselling novelist shares his recipe for taking notes that spark novels.

Aug 12, 2020

5 Ways to Get the Most Out of iOS

Examining the hidden gems inside of your iPhone

Oct 6, 2020

Amanda Goetz Doesn’t Believe in Balance

The VP of Marketing at the Knot Talks About Blending Rather Than Balancing Work and Life

Apr 22, 2020

Use a Zwicky Box To Solve Hard Problems in Unexpected Ways

A simple tool to help you beat your own psychology and reliably create novel solutions to any challenge

Jul 7, 2020

Scott Belsky’s Elephant List

Adobe’s CPO on relentlessly taking action even on the problems no one is talking about

Jul 22, 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

May 28, 2020

How I Use Screen Time on iOS

Screen Time on iOS is like ice cream cake: so full of promise, and yet also always so underwhelming. It’s probably Apple’s most valuable so

Apr 16, 2020

You have to get good before you get better

Two Shorts: Get good then get better, Kevin Yien's OKR template

Nov 25, 2019

One VC Wrote An OS for Her Life

Maria Salamanca shares how she uses Airtable, Notion, and Bear to create a complete system to run her life

Dec 18, 2019

The Man Who Reads 1,000 Articles a Day

How Robert Cottrell finds the absolute best writing on the web

Aug 19, 2019

How A Pro Soccer Player Turned VC Stays Organized

We talk about how Cameron Porter takes notes on meetings and podcasts, how he sets personal OKRs, and about being world-class at multiple things

Jun 17, 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.

Apr 15, 2020

Productivity for Parents

Square’s Restaurant Product Lead on integrating career and family

Mar 31, 2020

How To Build A Digital Zettelkasten

Effortlessly link ideas together with Roam Research. It’s like a bank account for your brain

Nov 5, 2020

Action Item: How to become indistractable

We break down Nir Eyal's system for turning down the noise and getting work done