Superorganizers

How smart people organize what they know.

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

Nov 11, 2020

A Sneak Peak At a Next Generation Personal CRM

A preview of Clay + access to Hebbia.ai

Nov 6, 2020

Action Item: How to become indistractable

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

Feb 27, 2020

Productivity Cycles

Let me know if you’ve ever felt this way: Everything is piling up. Emails, todos, housework, bills, taxes, books to read. It’s endless. You

Oct 1, 2021

The Theology of Productivity

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

Jul 8, 2020

Scott Belsky’s Elephant List

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

Jun 18, 2022

How to write a bestselling book with a friend (even when it’s hard)

And you both have full-time jobs

Oct 29, 2021

How David Perell writes an essay

Harnessing the power of surprise to build writing that spreads

Jul 1, 2022

Changing the world to change yourself

My subconscious pursuit of love and respect

Aug 22, 2020

Organizing Superorganizers

Happy Saturday! For a long time I’ve wanted to make the Superorganizers archive more useful. There’s a ton of information in there, but the

Mar 18, 2021

How to see the future

An MIT PhD reveals his process for researching the future of programming

Apr 13, 2021

Action Item: How to Become a Machine

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

Jun 25, 2021

How to Go Pro as a Creator

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

Jul 21, 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

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

Apr 23, 2021

Will Worrying Make You Better?

In fourth grade my teacher referred to me in a report card as a “nutty professor.” The verdict from the elementary academy was clear: Head i

Jul 11, 2020

Is it new or does it suck?

Hey! Dan here. If you're an introspective person, you probably spend a lot of time asking yourself how things are going: Do I like this? Do

Oct 29, 2020

Action Item: Progress Over Process, Remembering What You Read, Zettelkasten

Read to the end to learn what else you get from your subscription

Nov 6, 2021

Misunderstanding Media

The phrase “the medium is the message” predicted much of the internet era. But what does it actually mean?

Jan 21, 2020

How To Run Your Life Inside of Notion

Marie Poulin gives a tour through the most impressive Notion setup I've ever seen

May 16, 2020

Week 25

25 weeks ago, in November 2019, I wrote this in my Notion: - Write and publish a Superorganizers interview once a week - Find a partner to w

Aug 6, 2022

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1-1 Learning

How to learn anything 98% better than average

Jan 30, 2021

Finding the Truth

What to do when it feels like you're spinning your wheels intellectually

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