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Why Boredom is Good For You

Veritasium · 3 min read

Boredom isn’t just an unpleasant pause between activities—it’s a brain state that can trigger creativity, goal-setting, and even prosocial behavior....

BoredomCreativityMind-Wandering

Why You Should Seek Power, Not Happiness - Nietzsche's Guide to Greatness

Academy of Ideas · 2 min read

Nietzschean self-improvement hinges on one priority: enhancement of power, not the pursuit of happiness. The core claim is that people inevitably...

Nietzschean PowerSelf-OvercomingGoal Setting

Bored? 5 Ways To Spend Your Free Time

Better Than Yesterday · 3 min read

Boredom isn’t just an idle feeling—it’s a signal that time is being spent without a clear payoff. The core message is that “busy” habits like...

BoredomReadingGoal Setting

Setting SMART Goals - How To Properly Set a Goal (animated)

Better Than Yesterday · 2 min read

SMART goals turn vague ambitions into actionable targets by forcing clarity, tracking, realism, alignment, and deadlines. The core message is simple:...

SMART GoalsGoal SettingMeasurable Milestones

NEVER Tell People Your Goals - Or You Won't Achieve Them

Better Than Yesterday · 2 min read

Sharing personal goals can quietly sabotage follow-through. A 2009 study found that people who announced their goals to others worked less time and...

Goal SettingMotivationBehavioral Psychology

Small Daily Actions Lead To Massive Results - Consistency Is Key (animated)

Better Than Yesterday · 3 min read

A month of hammering with no visible cracks ultimately splits a giant rock—because progress can be slow, invisible, and still real. The core message...

ConsistencyCompoundingGoal Setting

Success Is Hard Until You Build Systems Like This

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Success becomes far more achievable when life is run on repeatable systems rather than improvised effort. The core claim is that goals—whether...

SystemsGoal SettingTime Management

Why You Should Strive for a Meaningful Life, Not a Happy One

Academy of Ideas · 3 min read

Endless pursuit of happiness is treated as a psychological trap: it tends to produce a hedonic treadmill where people chase pleasures, acclimate once...

Meaning vs HappinessHedonic TreadmillCharacter Development

10 tips on how to teach yourself anything 📚

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

Self-directed learning works best when it’s powered by genuine enjoyment and a clear purpose—because motivation is what keeps people moving when...

Self-Directed LearningGoal SettingAccountability Systems

Make 2026 the Best Year of Your Life (Evidence-Based)

Ali Abdaal · 2 min read

The GPS method—Goal, Plan, System—turns goal-setting into a fast, diagnostic workflow for actually doing the work needed to reach almost any target....

Goal SettingHabit SystemsMental Forecasting

The Importance Of The Not-To-Do List

Better Than Yesterday · 2 min read

A not-to-do list can be more powerful than a traditional to-do list because it removes tempting options and turns “should I work or not?” into...

Not-To-Do ListsProcrastinationDecision Fatigue

How to change your life by journaling in 2026

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Consistent journaling is presented as a practical lever for life change because it forces people to externalize the thoughts and feelings that...

JournalingHabit BuildingGoal Setting

1-Minute Habits to Start in 2024

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

A simple 10-minute routine built from tiny, repeatable habits is presented as a fast way to reset the mind and re-energize the body—anytime,...

One-Minute Habits10-Minute RoutineDigital Decluttering

how to set goals in 2021 | push + pull goals

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

Goal-setting for the new year works better when people stop treating their lists as neutral wishlists and instead examine what’s driving each item. A...

Goal SettingPull vs Push GoalsMotivation

it's time for a change

The PrimeTime · 2 min read

After leaving a full-time job at Netflix in April 2024, the creator describes a period of feeling “lost” as the pressure to perform...

Career TransitionDisciplineGoal Setting

How To Set Your Goals

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

Goal setting works best when it starts with motivation and inspiration, then turns those feelings into values-aligned habits with carefully staged...

Goal SettingMotivationValues Alignment

My ONE Piece of Advice for Someone in Their 20s

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

A single, concrete habit—listening to one audiobook every week for a year—can be a high-leverage upgrade for people in their 20s because it replaces...

AudiobooksGoal SettingLearning Systems

The Art of Building a Fulfilling Career - Turn a Passion into a Lucrative Occupation

Academy of Ideas · 3 min read

Uncommon career success—earning real money while doing work that feels intrinsically rewarding—depends less on talent than on countering three...

Career PurposeGoal SettingResistance

What "Success" Actually Is - And What It Isn't

Better Than Yesterday · 2 min read

Success is less about money, status, or fame—and more about defining a goal that fits a person’s own values, then pursuing it without surrendering...

Definition of SuccessPersonal ValuesWork-Life Trade-offs

how to get organised during the summer in 15 days

Mariana Vieira · 3 min read

A 15-day “back to school” organization challenge lays out a step-by-step plan to rebuild school or work readiness—offline and digital—before the new...

Back to School Organization15-Day ChallengeCalendar Blocking

How to be productive without overwhelm or feeling stressed

Justin Sung · 3 min read

Productivity without overwhelm starts with rejecting the idea that life improves by locking in precise, outcome-based goals. Instead of treating...

Goal SettingProcess NeglectValue Alignment

You Don’t Need School to Learn — My 8-Step Process

Mariana Vieira · 3 min read

A lifelong learning mindset doesn’t require a return to school—it requires a deliberate system for setting goals, building knowledge habits, and...

Lifelong LearningGoal SettingIndependent Reading

The 5/25 Rule - How Warren Buffett Sets His Goals (animated)

Better Than Yesterday · 2 min read

Warren Buffett’s “5/25 rule” turns goal-setting into a focus system: write down 25 ambitions, circle the 5 that matter most, and treat the other 20...

Goal SettingProductivityFocus

Self Evaluation Performance Review Examples | Fellow.app

Fellow - AI Meeting Assistant and Notetaker · 2 min read

Self-evaluation performance reviews are positioned as a practical, employee-driven way to shape career growth—by turning day-to-day contributions...

Self EvaluationPerformance ReviewsCareer Growth

Planning For 2023 Using Obsidian

FromSergio · 3 min read

The core shift behind a successful 2023 planning system is replacing rigid, short-term targets with flexible, measurable progress—and then backing...

Habit TrackingGoal SettingObsidian Templates

How To Be Productive All Day

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

“Motivation” isn’t a personality trait reserved for people who can brute-force discipline all day. Productive output comes from a clearer internal...

Intrinsic MotivationActivation Persistence IntensityIdentity Shift

Change your life in 90 days - the 12 week year

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

The core message is that the final 12 weeks of the year are a practical window for real life change—because focusing on a small set of high-impact...

12 Week YearGoal SettingVision Planning

how to get your life together using mood boards (not like those tumblr boards)

Kai Notebook · 2 min read

A mood board can be more than aesthetic inspiration: it’s a structured way to regain direction when life feels scattered—by turning future goals into...

Mood BoardsGoal SettingHabit Building

How to Stick to your Resolutions

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

New Year’s resolutions often fail not because people lack willpower, but because January stacks the deck against change—cold weather, post-holiday...

New Year ResolutionsHabit TrackingGoal Setting

How to set goals in Obsidian // Templates, Periodic Notes

Nicole van der Hoeven · 3 min read

Keeping resolutions is hard partly because people don’t build a tracking system. A practical fix is a layered goal workflow in Obsidian that turns...

Goal SettingObsidian TemplatesOKRs

Productive WHILE Tired? — Here’s How

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

Building healthy habits while exhausted comes down to protecting the “integrity” of a habit-building chain with six links—most people focus on the...

Habit Building FrameworkEnergy ManagementGoal Setting

7 STEPS to ACTUALLY start the new year strong ✨ (2022)

Kai Notebook · 2 min read

A strong new year plan starts with a hard look at what worked and what didn’t—then turns those insights into goals, smaller milestones, daily...

New Year PlanningGoal SettingHabit Systems

PhD Survival guide | Everything you need to know to get through your PhD

Andy Stapleton · 2 min read

A PhD survives on one hard-to-accept truth: almost everyone is “in survival mode,” even professors who look confident. That shared uncertainty...

PhD SurvivalGoal SettingBurnout Prevention

How Energy, Mindset, And Marketing Really Work: Kevin Trudeau Reveals All!

The Kevin Trudeau Show: Limitless · 3 min read

Kevin Trudeau credits his marketing wins—especially in infomercials and direct response—with a mix of contrarian ad craft and what he calls “counter...

Infomercial MarketingDirect Mail ROICounter Intentions

12 week year goal setting for Q3 2022 - PhD finance and personal goals

Ciara Feely · 2 min read

A 12-week goal-setting framework is presented as a practical antidote to the usual “annual goals” problem: too much time to drift, too little clarity...

12-Week YearGoal SettingWeekly Scorecards

Build a Reading Habit from the Ground Up

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

Building a sustainable reading habit starts with shrinking the goal until it feels almost too easy—and then tying reading to a personal “why” and an...

Reading HabitsBehavior ChangeGoal Setting

Why Most Men Stay Stuck and Fail (And How to Fix it): Kevin Trudeau Reveals the Truth

The Kevin Trudeau Show: Limitless · 3 min read

Most men feel stuck because they’re trying to hit life targets they never defined. The core prescription is blunt: success starts with knowing where...

Goal SettingAssociationManifestation

The Foolproof Way to Read More Books in 2024

Mariana Vieira · 3 min read

A practical reading strategy for 2024 centers on making reading easier to sustain: rotate genres, stop forcing books that don’t work, set goals that...

Reading HabitGenre HoppingGoal Setting

After 27 years, I finally beat productivity! (Simplest ADHD System)

Ali Alqaraghuli, PhD · 2 min read

Productivity—and ADHD management—boils down to a simple signal-to-noise tradeoff: increase the “signal” that moves someone toward a goal, and reduce...

Signal to NoiseADHD ProductivityGoal Setting

HALF YEAR RESET ✨ 12 Week Year Planning System ✨ - goal setting, intentions, habits + routines

Dr. Tiffany Shelton · 3 min read

Midyear reset for a 12-week planning cycle centers on one idea: treat the start of a new quarter like a “new year” moment, then use the quarter to...

12-Week Year PlanningMidyear ResetGoal Setting

The 4 Part System That Made Me More Productive

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

Productivity, in this framework, isn’t treated as a single trick or motivation hack. It’s built from four interlocking systems—goal setting, task...

Four Productivity SystemsGoal SettingTask Management

How to Set ✨Achievable✨ Goals in 2025

Mariana Vieira · 3 min read

Achievable goal-setting for 2025 hinges on one practical shift: turn broad ambitions into a structured system that starts with motivation, then moves...

Goal SettingFive WhysMind Mapping

12 Week Year Template PDF + Book Summary

Dr. Tiffany Shelton · 3 min read

The core promise behind the “12 Week Year” framework is simple: goals fail less because people lack effort and more because they plan on a timeline...

12-Week YearGoal SettingVision Framework

How to actually set SYSTEMS instead of goals

Ali Alqaraghuli, PhD · 3 min read

Building systems in life isn’t about locking in a schedule and hoping it holds. The core insight is that durable systems are designed around a goal...

Systems ThinkingGoal SettingIdentity-Based Habits

I Made a 2025 Vision Board in Notion! (Tutorial + Template)

Dr. Tiffany Shelton · 3 min read

A 2025 vision board in Notion should be built less for “motivation” and more for goal clarification—because repeated viewing can create a false sense...

Vision Board StrategyNotion TemplateGoal Setting

I gave the talk I wish I had attended during my PhD! Invited talk recording

Andy Stapleton · 3 min read

Success in academia, and even in life beyond it, depends less on chasing outcomes like citations, grants, or job titles—and more on daily...

Academic Career AdviceGoal SettingStoicism

Let's build a 12-week year planner system in Notion! | Progress and Achieve Goals in 12 weeks ✨

The Organized Notebook · 3 min read

A 12-week planning cycle is presented as a practical way to keep goals urgent, measurable, and actionable—then the workshop turns that framework into...

12-Week YearNotion DatabasesGoal Setting

10 Questions to Ask Yourself at the End of Each Month

Mariana Vieira · 3 min read

Monthly reflection is positioned as a simple, high-impact habit: spend a few minutes at the end of each month to review wins and misses, diagnose...

Monthly ReflectionHabit ReviewTime Tracking

New Year Resolutions... In February

Mariana Vieira · 2 min read

New Year resolutions often collapse by mid-January because the timing is wrong: the post-holiday slump, social-media pressure, and emotional...

New Year ResolutionsHabit BuildingGoal Setting

My SECRET - how to be a productive PhD student

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

Productivity for PhD students isn’t about squeezing more hours into the day or chasing a higher publication count—it’s about maximizing meaningful...

PhD ProductivityDeep WorkTransferable Skills

How to Read More (How I Read 70+ Books a Year!)

ShaelinWrites · 2 min read

Reading more isn’t about finding a magic number of books—it’s about rebuilding focus, removing friction, and making sure the books you pick actually...

Reading HabitAttention TrainingDistraction Control

If I had to write a paper in a weekend, I’d do this

Academic English Now · 2 min read

For PhD students and researchers trying to write papers on a tight timeline, the biggest leverage point isn’t a new writing trick—it’s protecting...

FocusEmail SchedulingGoal Setting

Tips for Staying Motivated During a PhD | Motivation Advice from a Computer Science PhD Student

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

Motivation during a PhD doesn’t hold steady for four years—demotivation is common, and the biggest practical lever is treating it as something you...

PhD MotivationMental HealthResearch Communication

how to *IMPROVE YOUR LIFE* through DISCIPLINE & CONSISTENCY | the POWER of DISCIPLINE

Dr. Tiffany Shelton · 3 min read

Discipline and consistency aren’t treated as a personality trait or a motivational mood—they’re framed as a buildable bridge from “where you are” to...

DisciplineConsistencyGoal Setting

How To Set Goals For 2025

Dr. Tiffany Shelton · 3 min read

Goal setting for 2025 works best when it starts from emotional alignment—specifically joy and abundance—then moves into values-driven,...

Goal SettingEmotional AlignmentValues Clarification

Goal Setting Framework I Wish I Had Learned Sooner

Daily Atomic Steps · 2 min read

A practical goal-setting framework centers on turning vague wishes into specific, measurable, time-bound targets—then systematically removing the...

Goal SettingSMART GoalsBottlenecks

The 12 Week Year Doesn't Work | 5 Reasons Why

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

The 12 Week Year fails for many people not because the planning framework is inherently flawed, but because real life repeatedly breaks the...

12 Week YearGoal SettingAreas of Responsibility

The Real Reason Most Men Lose Their Dreams In 2025 (And How to Get Them Back)

The Kevin Trudeau Show: Limitless · 2 min read

Most men lose their dreams not because ambition disappears, but because negative influence gradually replaces childlike curiosity with a...

Dreams and MotivationSocial InfluenceSuccess Habits

The real mess behind the scenes of my Logseq & Tana tutorials

CombiningMinds · 2 min read

A messy, real-world workflow beats a perfectly mapped “second brain” fantasy—especially when the goal is alignment between values and daily action....

Personal Knowledge ManagementLogseqTana

How to ACTUALLY achieve your goals in 2025 (easy)

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

A practical way to hit 2025 goals isn’t about waiting for January 1—it’s about building systems that keep goals visible, measurable, and emotionally...

Goal Setting12 Week YearNotion Planning

My SIMPLE (super productive) step-by-step MONTHLY PLANNING ROUTINE ✨ - Plan the month with me

Dr. Tiffany Shelton · 3 min read

A monthly reset routine built around the 12WBT (12-week) planning system is being used to turn “getting back on track” into a repeatable process—then...

Monthly Reset12WBT PlanningGoal Setting

How to create a vision board that actually works (+ proof mine ALWAYS come true)

Dr. Tiffany Shelton · 2 min read

A vision board works best when it’s treated as a goal-setting and self-regulation tool—not a daily source of desperate motivation. The core problem...

Vision BoardGoal SettingLaw of Attraction

Figuring out what I want to do with the rest of my life vlog - Personal values, vision & purpose

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

A mid-year reset turns the question “What do I want to do with the rest of my life?” into a practical sequence: identify personal values, translate...

Personal ValuesIkigai PurposeLife Vision

2020 Life Audit: Why I didn't meet my Goals - Reflecting on the past year - Personal Development

Ciara Feely · 3 min read

The year’s biggest takeaway is that Ciara Feely’s goal-setting and productivity improved only when it stopped being a rigid calendar exercise and...

Life AuditInfradian RhythmGoal Setting

HOW TO PLAN IN GRAD SCHOOL using Passion Planner + the High Performance Planner (PhD Candidate)

Jacqueline Beaulieu · 2 min read

Graduate students often start PhD life with an “early bird” reading-and-writing routine, but the long-term cost can show up later in the day—less...

Graduate PlanningMorning RoutinesHigh Performance