Why Everything You Know About Productivity Is Wrong

I'm going to say something that might make you angry. You're not unproductive because you lack discipline. You're unproductive because you're optimizing for the wrong things. For years, I tracked my hours. I built elaborate morning routines. I read every productivity book published after 2015. I had color-coded calendars and time-blocking systems that would make a NASA engineer weep with joy. And I was still behind. Still reactive. Still overwhelmed. Still ending every week with a to-do list longer than the one I started with. Then I discovered something that changed everything. The most productive people I know don't manage time. They manage energy. Here's the difference, and why it's costing you thousands of hours a year. [Continue reading → 847 words of frameworks, a 5-step system, and a call to join my newsletter]