I’ve been thinking about Oliver Burkeman’s advice for avoiding information overload: treat your "to read" pile like a river rather than a bucket.

Most of us wait until we’re overwhelmed at work before we say no.

By then, it’s too late.

In Stoicism, "suffering twice" refers to the suffering we cause ourselves by worrying about things that might never happen.

“Imposter syndrome is a paradox: others believe in you, you don’t believe in yourself, yet you believe yourself instead of them.” — Adam Grant.

I came across some new (to me) terminology in an article from Cal Newport’s blog that I think is useful: additive and extractive technology.

Radical Acceptance, in its simplest form, can be expressed as follows: Pain + Resistance = Suffering.

Does this working week sound familiar?

Somewhere along the way, many of us picked up the idea that we should finish what we start. It's what adults do. But…

There’s no such thing as time management.

Which is awkward, because I write about time management a lot.

Just because there’s a gap in your calendar doesn’t mean it’s up for grabs.

Your working (short-term) memory has a limited capacity—research suggests it can hold between 3 and 8 items. Unsurprisingly, when we try to cram in too much (tasks, reminders, ideas, information), we feel overwhelmed.

I love deadlines. To the point that I sometimes fake them.

If you want to become an expert at something, hard work matters. Research suggests that it takes around 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become an expert in a particular field. We tend to focus on that part: the work. But there’s another essential piece we often overlook: deliberate rest.

Have you tried Oliver Burkeman's 3/3/3 Technique for planning your work?

Do you ever find yourself lying awake, running through tomorrow’s to-do list or worrying about a thing you've forgotten (although you are not quite sure what it is)? This is often the result of open loops.

You're doing everything right. You have a to-do list, and it's up to date. Everything has a due date. So how come deadlines still seem to take you by surprise, and you end up rushing to complete things on time?

I was listening to episode 361 of Cal Newport’s Deep Questions podcast recently. A listener asked: “How can I get round to reading all the email newsletters I’m subscribed to?”.

I delivered a talk recently and afterwards, someone said to me, "You’re so confident... I could never do that".

I just delayed starting an important project until next week. Am I procrastinating?

Being busy is not the same as being productive.