Focus is essential to productivity. But it’s tough to stay focused when you’re anxious. This is a dilemma I’ve faced quite a bit in my own work. As I’ve written before, I’m a somewhat anxious person by nature—and that can wreak havoc when I’m worried about the things I need to work on. Worries deal […]

Fitness is the first foundation in my year-long project. Here’s how I’m getting back into shape.

In the space of just a few years, I changed my diet, started exercising, began using a productivity system, read several books per month, joined Toastmasters, wrote a journal regularly, began waking up early, tried mediation and much more.

My motto for dealing with the overrepresentation of outlier success is simple: Learn from the best, but fit it in with the rest.