Habits & Productivity
Build better routines, protect your focus and get more done. 18 books.
▶ 19 minThe Automatic Millionaire
Willpower does not build savings. A system does: move part of your pay into savings before you can see it, and raise it with every raise.
▶ 20 minUltralearning
To keep up as AI changes work, learn hard skills fast: work on the real task, test yourself early, and practise your weakest step.
▶ 20 minSo Good They Can't Ignore You
To be hard to replace, even by AI, build rare and valuable skills with deliberate practice, then trade them for control, not a title.
▶ 18 minGrit
Success comes less from talent and more from grit: hard work pointed at one goal for many years, with the right kind of practice.
▶ 18 minThe Compound Effect
Small daily choices, repeated for a long time, multiply into big results, good or bad, so change the small things you do every day.
▶ 17 minThe Power of Habit
Every habit runs on a loop of cue, routine and reward, and you can change one by keeping the cue and reward but swapping the routine.
▶ 20 minThe 5 AM Club
Give the first hour of your day to moving, reflecting and learning, protect your sleep the night before, and let small daily gains add up.
▶ 18 minGlucose Revolution
Sharp blood sugar spikes can cause cravings and tiredness, and simple habits like eating vegetables first can make them gentler without cutting your favourite foods.
▶ 19 minDiscipline Is Destiny
Self-discipline is not a prison; it is the skill that turns good intentions into action and frees you from your own impulses.
▶ 20 minBreath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Most people breathe too fast, too much and through the mouth; breathing slowly and gently through the nose can help sleep, stress and health.
▶ 13 minAwaken the Giant Within
You are shaped by your decisions, beliefs and focus, not your circumstances, and you can change all three on purpose.
▶ 13 minThe Slight Edge
Success comes from small, easy actions repeated every day for a long time, because tiny choices compound in one direction or the other.
▶ 14 minAtomic Habits
Tiny habits repeated every day add up to big change, and the best way to build them is to start with who you want to become.
▶ 11 minDeep Work
Focused, distraction-free work is becoming rare and valuable, so protect it with fixed blocks, fewer distractions and real rest.
▶ 10 minMini Habits
Pick a daily action so small it feels silly, do it every day, and let that low bar build a lasting habit.
▶ 11 minSteal Like an Artist
No idea is fully new, so study the work you admire, remix it with your own life, and start making things before you feel ready.
▶ 10 minThe Miracle Morning
Spend the first part of your day on six small habits, silence, affirmations, visualisation, exercise, reading and writing, to set the tone for everything.
▶ 6 minThe 5 Second Rule
When you feel an urge to act, count backwards from five and move before your mind talks you out of it.