Devotion has a way of sounding virtuous by default. If something matters, we’re told, we should give ourselves to it fully. No hedging. No ...
There’s a famous moment in the comics where Captain America whispers, “Hail Hydra.” If you know the character, it’s jarring. He stands for ...
In 1979, filmmaker Werner Herzog kept a promise. He had once told fellow director Errol Morris that if Morris ever completed his first feature ...
We tend to approach productivity systems for leaders as a refinement problem. We look at our workflows and ask how to make them better. Faster. More ...
Overwhelm has a reputation problem. We treat it like a malfunction—something to eliminate, manage, or escape. But what if overwhelm isn’t the ...
There’s a line from Loki that never really left me. Not the mischievous grin, not the swagger — the line. “I am burdened with glorious purpose.” ...
I worked at Costco for 11 years — long before I started writing or teaching about productivity. It was where I learned how people and processes fit ...
There are moments when I feel completely connected to time—and not because I’ve conquered it. Not because I’ve wrangled my schedule or hit inbox ...