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Tricking yourself for fun and profit

How to manipulate your unconscious programming so that it works with you, not against you.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on September 14, 2019MotivationScienceWillpower

How to live in a world we weren’t designed for

We evolved to spread our genes in a harsh environment. But what happens when we don’t live in a harsh environment? Or aren’t interested in spreading our genes?

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on August 30, 2019August 30, 2019MetaProductivityScience

Who to blame when you can’t follow the plan

Many things we do that seem “irrational” or “self-sabotaging” are perfectly rational — depending on what you mean by rational.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on August 9, 2019MetaScienceWillpower

Stop working out

On the virtues of goal-oriented and goal-agnostic exercise, and the pitfalls of not picking one of those two options.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on July 26, 2019July 31, 2019ExerciseGoalsProductivity

Manage your energy, not your time

Why it’s better to work for eight focused, high-energy hours than twelve distracted, low-energy ones, and how to do so.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on July 12, 2019July 17, 2019ExerciseMetaNutritionProductivitySleepTime Management

The productivity hierarchy

What a 40-year-old slogan about recycling can teach us about using our time well

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on December 14, 2018April 13, 2019ProductivityTravel

How one tiny feature in Gmail helps me get things done

One of my favorite things about Gmail might not even be intentional, but it saves me a ton of time every week.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on December 1, 2018December 1, 2018ProductivityTime Management

Business travel doesn’t need to be all business

It’s hard to not work all the time when you’re traveling for work. It’s also incredibly important.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on November 2, 2018November 5, 2018ProductivityTime ManagementTravel

Ergonomics, the secret to pain-free work for business travelers

As workers recognize the importance of ergonomics, external monitors and sit-stand desks have become common — but they’re hard to fit into an international-size carry-on.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on October 18, 2018ProductivityTravel

Getting Things Done on the road, part one

A first stab at adapting David Allen’s Getting Things Done to full-time business travel.

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Kennedy CollinsPosted on September 21, 2018MetaProductivityTime ManagementTravel

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