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The Hardest Part of the Day Is the Gap Between Tasks
It’s not the work that defeats me. It’s the ten minutes between finishing one thing and starting the next, which have a way of becoming two hours. Here’s what I’ve built around that gap.
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You Have About Four Good Decisions a Day. Spend Them Well.
By late afternoon you’re agreeing to things you’d never accept at nine in the morning. That’s not weakness. It’s a budget you didn’t know you had.
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Motivation Shows Up Late. Build for That.
Telling someone with ADHD to just be more disciplined is like telling someone with a flat tire to drive more carefully. Here’s what works when the feeling doesn’t come.
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Stop Negotiating With Yourself at 6 A.M.
The 6 a.m. debate about whether to get up is a negotiation you lose most days. The fix is not to argue better. It is to stop holding the meeting.
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Nobody Changes a Habit. They Replace One.
You can’t delete a habit. The slot it fills stays open, and something will move in. Decide what, or the old habit decides for you.
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Success Leaves Clues, but Only in the Routines
Studying successful people is useful only if you study the right part. The speeches and the strategies are the least transferable thing about them.
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Make Fewer Decisions and Better Ones
Every decision spends something. Most of the ones you make each day do not deserve the price. Cut them, and the ones that matter get the attention they need.
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The Habit Stack That Survives Travel, Sickness and Chaos
Any routine works at home on a normal week. The one worth having is the one that still runs in a hotel room with a cold and no sleep.
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The Reset Ritual: Recovering a Bad Day Before It Becomes a Bad Week
A bad day is inevitable. A bad week is a choice made at around 6 p.m. on the bad day. Here is the ten-minute ritual that stops the spread.
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Keystone Habits: The One Change That Drags the Others With It
Not all habits are equal. A few of them, once installed, quietly reorganise everything around them. Find yours and stop fighting on ten fronts.