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Manage your indefinite optimisms
It’s just a thing I read in this book when I was twelve.
Nov 21, 2025
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Master your sleep cycles
Getting enough sleep is just the beginning.
Sep 15, 2025
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Agency, responsibility, and control, and the relationships between them
The past three posts are linked here; read them if you haven’t already, then read on about how they combine together to make a person more effective…
Aug 12, 2025
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Control: The mysterious aura of good outcomes
This third trait in the trinity of getting things done is one that I’d been trying to pinpoint for a while.
Jul 24, 2025
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Responsibility: The trait of honorable obligation
This is part of a series on three key personality traits of productivity.
Jun 11, 2025
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Agency: The “main character” trait
Much of the content on this site is about personal productivity, and I’d like to touch on three key personality traits that pertain to it.
Jun 1, 2025
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Addicted to imperfect conditions
Some people only feel motivated when the circumstances are stacked against them. They need to see themselves as an underdog in order to put sincere…
Apr 26, 2025
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Addicted to perfect conditions
Every once in a while I discover new way to miss the mark in personal productivity—a new trap I might fall into even as I’m avoiding all the previous…
Mar 31, 2025
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