Productivity

Graph Databases, RoamResearch, and PKM

In this short article, I explain the (very) basics of graph databases and use RoamResearch’s note-taking software as an example of an early and powerful mainstream application of this new technology.

How RoamResearch Uses New Database Technology To Bring Life To An 80 Year-old Idea

In this short article, I explain the (very) basics of graph databases and use RoamResearch’s note-taking software as an example of an early and powerful mainstream application of this new technology.

21 Rules For Getting Your Shit Together

After bombing a math test in my first month of college, I overreacted so dramatically that I developed an obsessive and vague drive to “get my shit together” that continues to this day.

It’s my 21st birthday — I wanted to write something

After bombing a math test in my first month of college, I overreacted so dramatically that I developed an obsessive and vague drive to “get my shit together” that continues to this day.

The Power of Positive Constraints

Whenever I need to take something more seriously, I come up with a challenge to guide me into action.

Making one decision to simplify thousands of future decisions.

Whenever I need to take something more seriously, I come up with a challenge to guide me into action.

Make Failure Suck

Leverage external consequences to win internal battles.

The Silver Bullet of Accountability

Leverage external consequences to win internal battles.

The Torah and Deep Work

Through Deep Work, the secular community is coming to terms with facts that have been known to the Jewish community for millennia.

How Shabbat Subsumes Mainstream Self-Help and Productivity Advice

Through Deep Work, the secular community is coming to terms with facts that have been known to the Jewish community for millennia.

Rules for Distraction Free Work

Don’t let laziness limit your potential. Build a system, automate self-discipline, and execute. Let the results speak for themselves.

Five Positive Habits for Consistently Overcoming Resistance

Don’t let laziness limit your potential. Build a system, automate self-discipline, and execute. Let the results speak for themselves.

Asymmetries, Batching, and Constraints

Challenge basic assumptions you hold about what is possible, and learn rules and techniques to enable a lifestyle with abundance in time.

Productivity Lessons from the Four Hour Workweek

Challenge basic assumptions you hold about what is possible, and learn rules and techniques to enable a lifestyle with abundance in time.

Who Is Cal Newport?

Newport is an incredibly prolific academic, author, and blogger and he reached this level of professional success with stunning speed.

Why Am I Obsessed With His Work?

Newport is an incredibly prolific academic, author, and blogger and he reached this level of professional success with stunning speed.

Take Control of Your Education

In my first year of school, I read the following books. Without a doubt, I would not have achieved a fraction of my goals otherwise.

Five Books Every College Student Needs to Read

In my first year of school, I read the following books. Without a doubt, I would not have achieved a fraction of my goals otherwise.

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