8 New Apps That Have Transformed My Productivity (and given me 4+ hours more /day)

September 12, 2013 in Productivity

I’ve written pretty extensively about the apps that I use to help improve my habits. I’ve been studying other productivity experts over the past several months and wanted to summarize some of the coolest apps that I’m currently using to improve my productivity. I’ve written about productivity apps before (see: 5 Tools To Help You […]

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Building the King of Keystone Habits: Crafting the Ideal Morning Routine

September 6, 2013 in Productivity

In The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg presents the idea of Keystone Habits: habits that, once implemented, naturally improve the quality of life in a variety of other habits. The most common one is exercise: one someone builds the habit of daily exercise into life, they naturally begin to sleep better, eat better, create a better […]

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Jumpstarting the Habit Change Process

September 2, 2013 in Productivity

Over the last few months, you might have noticed a lot of articles and emails about productivity from Hack the System. Earlier this year, I had a moment of revelation while traveling — a very private moment that I only detailed to my newsletter readers. It was in that moment that I took a long hard […]

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How to Build a New Habit — My Process for Starting to Write 750 Words a Day

September 2, 2013 in Productivity

I mentioned that, for the past few months, I’ve begun attempting to: 1. add a new habit 2. solidify the previous month’s habit. I’ve realized that trying to add more than one habit a month is a recipe for disaster — the best we can do is to add one, and solidify another. This month […]

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How I flew to Buenos Aires for $42.40 — and how you can too.

August 14, 2013 in Travel

Cold, dreary, hurricaney — that is how I remember October in NYC last year. Sunny, delicious, and full of pool parties— that was my experience in Buenos Aires during the same month. It was early October, and I looked outside of my New York City apartment, overlooking Central Park, and suddenly felt depressed. It was […]

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