Superorganizers

Dopamine Stacking

The hidden wisdom in trying new tools and systems

Spatial Organization

How to find patterns and insights in your notes

Amanda Goetz Doesn’t Believe in Balance

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

Action Item: Playing Offense, The 10-10-10 Test, and Blending

Amanda Goetz, VP of Marketing at The Knot, shares her routines for managing a day job, a startup, and three kids.

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.

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

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Action Item: How to become indistractable

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

Peter Boyce is a People Person

How a top venture capitalist uses Airtable to build a Personal CRM

A Sneak Peak At a Next Generation Personal CRM

A preview of Clay + access to Hebbia.ai

Action Item: The Quest to be Good at Everything

The co-founder of Bark shares his 8 + 1 system for becoming excellent at life

Hunting Knowledge with Eric Jorgenson

How the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant curates wisdom

Action Item: How to create a network from scratch

Ali Hamed of CoVenture shares his tools for getting to the people who can make a difference

Cognitive Behavioral Productivity

How you can use psychology to get unstuck

Tasting Notes with Robin Sloan

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

Action Item: How to stop worrying and love Twitter

Visakan Veerasamy on building an audience by making internet friends

How hard should I push myself?

What the science of stress tells us about peak performance

Finding the Truth

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

Validating a Side Hustle

How Justin Mares validated the idea that became a successful D2C company

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

How I bought a business for $0

Hi—Dan here. We're continuing Justin Mares's column on side businesses today! You can read previous editions here.Before starting Kettle &am

When Content Becomes Your King

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

The Freelancer’s Pricing Model

An excerpt from the new book Art for Money

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Action Item: How to see the future

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

Dan Shipper: The Sultan of Superorganizers

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

Action Item: How to Become a Machine

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