The psychology of attention residue and how I have started minimizing it
Understanding Attention Residue: The Hidden Cost of Interruptions
Imagine this: you’re forty minutes into a piece of work. The thinking is finally clicking, sentences are...
Behavioral science suggests that responding well to education and opportunity may itself be a partly inherited trait — not just a product of good...
The Question of Identity and Effort
After submitting my latest doctoral paper, I found myself sitting quietly on a bench in the university park. For...
The difference between people who keep moving forward in life and those who stall sometimes isn’t talent, luck, or hard work. It’s the habits...
The Habit Shift That Propels People Forward
A friend of mine, in his mid-thirties, used to respond to every email within minutes—whether it was during...
I’m 37 and I used to think AI would make people more productive – now I think it mostly exposes how much of modern...
Rethinking AI and Productivity: Beyond the Surface of Modern Work
Like many professionals, I once believed artificial intelligence (AI) would primarily serve as a productivity...
I spent two years waking up at 5am trying to become more disciplined – and ended up learning that rest is not laziness, and...
Reflections on Waking Up at 5am: Discipline, Rest, and the Reality Behind the Hype
It’s a Tuesday afternoon, around 2pm, and I’m staring at the...