You can create some powerful motivation hacks by learning techniques from the persuasion business. The reason why you hate being micromanaged... more

I interview psychologist Jocelyn Brewer, founder of Digital Nutrition.™ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nirandfar/support

In my review of The Social Dilemma, I challenged the filmmakers’ rather extreme view that huge swaths of people are... more

When I recently came across the headline “The World’s Most Influential Values, In One Graphic,” I couldn’t help but click–a... more

People are always saying “there aren’t enough hours in the day” to get stuff done. And yet research suggests that... more

Timeboxing is the nearest thing we have to productivity magic, yet most people don’t utilize it. Here’s how to overcome... more

The evidence is overwhelming: we are far more powerful than the technology that is supposedly mind-controlling us. It’s not even... more

Nir’s Note: this article is a collaboration between myself and Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern... more

Nir’s Note: What do Bill Nye, break dancer Crazy Legs, cyber illusionist Marco Tempest, and economist Nouriel Roubini have in... more

Try schedule-syncing instead. You’ve probably read this advice before: “The best thing you can do for your productivity is to say... more