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Blog postA few years ago, when I was planning on writing Ultralearning, a couple well-meaning friends told me not to do it. “People don’t care about learning,” they told me.
Having reached the Wall Street Journal bestseller list, I’m glad they were wrong. Not merely for my own career as a writer, but because given how much I care about learning, it’s sad to envision a world people don’t care much about it.
I’m not fooling myself. I know that, on the whole, most people would rather deba -
Blog postCould productivity be a bad thing?
I had a podcast interview about Ultralearning recently where the host asked if being productive might be overrated. Working all the time, striving for ever-more efficiency, aggressive efforts to get more done, maybe chasing productivity isn’t the answer?
I couldn’t disagree more. Productivity features a lot in my writing because I believe it’s central for living and working well.
Yet, I often don’t say this explicitly. The value of pr -
Blog postFew things are as unpleasant as anxiety. With the explosion of interest in mindfulness meditation and books like The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, I’m hardly alone in wanting to worry less.
Recently, I read Anxious by NYU neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux. LeDoux is an expert on a lot of the neural processes behind fear and anxiety, and this book offers fascinating insights into the underlying mechanisms that make miserable.
At the same time, however, Anxious isn’t an easy read. -
Blog postIn early Top Performer pilots (before we even called it Top Performer) Cal and I made a fairly subtle mistake about the process of acquiring career skills. It’s one I’ve seen many people make when thinking about improving their career, so I think it’s worth exploring here in case you might be making it too.
A big part of our course is creating a skill-building project. The goal is to cultivate rare and valuable skills which form the foundation for a successful career.
What I h -
Blog postSometimes the obvious advice you need to hear isn’t obvious to you. Here’s an example of this that happened just last week. A guy on Twitter asked me if I did coaching. He felt stuck in his career and wanted to pay me to give him advice. I don’t do individual coaching (at least for […]
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Blog postThis Saturday (November 9th, 2019), I’m going to be in Washington DC. Solid State Books was kind enough to host Cal Newport and me for a conversation about Ultralearning.
If you’re in the area, I’d love to meet you in person:
What: Cal Newport and I discuss Ultralearning. When: 4pm-5pm Saturday, November 9th, 2019 Where: Solid State Books, 600 H Street Northeast Washington, DC. Have You Seen My New Podcast Yet? You may have noticed I’ve released some new podcast episodes. The -
Blog postI’ve run my own business for over a decade, writing and selling books and courses. In the beginning, it was just me. For the last few years, I’ve had a small team.
When I see people promoting entrepreneurship, the reasons for it are usually simple: more money, greater freedom, no boss.
But for me, the biggest draw to running a business was the pure meritocracy of it. If you can sell stuff, you make money. If you can’t, too bad.
Few professions are so directly tied to r -
Blog postThere’s an old joke about an economist walking down the street when he steps on a $100 bill lying on the ground. He spots it, but decides to walk right on by.
“After all,” he chuckles to himself, “if that had really been a $100 bill, someone else would have picked it up already!”
It’s easy to make fun of this way of thinking, but maybe the economist being lampooned here is actually right. When’s the last time you saw a lot of cash lying on the ground? In the real world, people -
Blog postOver the years, I’ve read hundreds of books and recommended more than a few on this blog. Below, I’ve organized the best books I’ve read. If you’re looking to expand your library with something great, these are some of my favorites.
My 5 Favorite Books Below I’ve lumped books into specific categories. However, these five books have impacted me the most:
Getting Things Done. The best book on personal productivity, it inspired me as it has countless others with a systematic approach -
Blog postThis June, I gave a keynote talk at WDS 2019 about Ultralearning.
I cover five lessons I’ve learned about life from undertaking my various projects:
The hard way is the easy way. A little fear is very useful. Feedback is good, so ignore most of it. The shortest path is straight ahead. Happiness is not pleasure. Happiness is the expansion of possibility. This is definitely the largest audience I’ve spoken to in-person before. It was great to share some of my stories and experie
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