All our articles on productivity.
An 8.4/20 average in the first semester, resits, and the certainty of "not being cut out for this". Six months later, Hugo passed his year with 13.2. In between, no miracle: habits, a method and a few books.
Read more →September is the real new year: the only time when the rhythm truly changes. Here are 5 deliberately modest habits to make the most of it, each grounded in a great productivity book.
Read more →Procrastination is not a lack of willpower but an emotional reflex. Here are the methods and books to stop procrastinating for good.
Read more →Deep Work, Atomic Habits, Getting Things Done, Essentialism... Here are the 10 best productivity books, organized by need: focus, distraction, organization, prioritization and consistency. With each book's core idea and a link to its summary.
Read more →One simple rule against procrastination: start with your most important and most daunting task. A summary of Eat That Frog!.
Read more →Discover the complete summary of The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan: one single question to identify the task that makes everything else easier or unnecessary.
Read more →Discover the complete summary of Getting Things Done by David Allen: the GTD method to empty your mind, organize your commitments and act without stress.
Read more →Discover the complete summary of The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss: the DEAL method to eliminate the useless, automate your income and escape the office.
Read more →Discover the complete summary of Essentialism by Greg McKeown: why almost everything is noise, how to say no gracefully and how to pour your energy into what truly matters.
Read more →Discover the complete summary of The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy: how small choices repeated with consistency produce radical results, for better or worse.
Read more →Discover the complete summary of Indistractable by Nir Eyal: why distraction starts from within and the four-step method to take back control of your attention.
Read more →Discover the complete summary of Make Time: Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky's four-step method to carve out time every day for what really matters.
Read more →25 minutes of focus, 5 minutes of break: the Pomodoro technique is one of the simplest and most effective productivity methods there is. Here is how it works, why it works, and how to apply it to reading too.
Read more →Most exhausting days are days spent in the wrong quadrant. The Eisenhower matrix is the simplest tool for telling the urgent from the important and reorganizing your priorities in a few minutes.
Read more →Zettelkasten, Cornell, mind mapping: discover the best note taking methods to understand more deeply and remember what you read.
Read more →Microlearning turns 15 daily minutes into a lasting learning habit. Here is why it works and how to start applying it today.
Read more →Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, So Good They Can't Ignore You, Slow Productivity: Cal Newport has built a coherent body of work on work and attention. Here are his major books, what each one brings and the order to read them in.
Read more →Hours that pass like minutes, a brain fully absorbed in its task: the flow state has been documented by psychology since the 1970s. Here are the precise conditions for entering it, what breaks it, and how to design your focus sessions.
Read more →Notifications, multitasking, endless distractions: discover the Deep Work method and the best books to rebuild lasting focus and reclaim your attention.
Read more →80% of results come from 20% of efforts: the Pareto principle is the most quoted productivity concept in the world, and one of the most misunderstood. Where it comes from, what it really says, how to identify your most valuable 20%, and where its promises end.
Read more →Deep work is becoming rare at the very moment it is becoming valuable: that is the thesis of Deep Work. Full summary of Cal Newport's book: the four philosophies, the four rules, and an honest critique of its limits.
Read more →Procrastination isn't a willpower flaw, it's a strategy of emotional avoidance. Here are seven proven methods, and the books behind them, to finally take action.
Read more →A 28-year-old Paris consultant, Lucas spent nearly 5 hours a day on his phone, scrolling endlessly. Here is how he turned his screen time into real knowledge with Cobalt.
Read more →You spend 4 hours a day on your phone without really knowing why. Five concrete steps, backed by neuroscience, to take back control without becoming a hermit.
Read more →Re-reading your notes doesn't work. Testing yourself does. Here's why active recall is the most effective memorization technique known.
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