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The 90-minute morning ritual
Morning routine content promises productivity gains, but only two findings survive scrutiny: circadian light exposure and the cost of phone-first mornings.
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Articles tagged focus
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The walk: what the research actually says about thinking on your feet
Walking reliably boosts divergent thinking and does little for convergent problem-solving. The founder accounts line up with the data better than most productivity claims.
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Always-available founders: the cost
Founder availability reads as commitment. The research on attention, after-hours work, and the founder bottleneck says it teaches the team to stop deciding.
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The discipline of shipping ugly
Ship ugly does not mean ship broken. Linear, Basecamp, and Reid Hoffman all point to the same narrow target: minimum aesthetic, maximum function.
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The script for saying no
Derek Sivers, Tim Ferriss, and Warren Buffett all have famous scripts for saying no. Each works in its domain. None works everywhere.
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Finding focus when your team is split across four time zones
Practical advice for founders running teams across several time zones, past the surface-level instruction to simply go async.