Personal Development

When you idolize competence, productivity becomes a drug.

Reading is a skill that provides a lifetime of value. Here are a few tips I've picked up over the years that have helped me become a better reader.

Here are some principles to consider when tempted to despair in the midst of long, challenging projects.

Understand how our view of personal productivity has been influenced by Silicon Valley.

Minimalism says owning fewer things and simplifying one’s life leads to happiness. But how should Christians think about minimalism?

5 Bible verses to help you manage your time. Ephesians 5:15–16; Proverbs 6:6–8; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 6:33; Colossians 3:23–24.

Learn how to use coffee strategically to improve your focus, energy, and productivity without becoming dependent on it.

Most of what we do in this life will not stand the test of time. But work done in faith is invincible.

Mere behavior change can’t transform our hearts, only God can do that. But sometimes we need to start doing the right thing before we start to desire it.

The power of personal policies is that they relieve you of exerting excess energy in making small choices. Personal policies minimize decision fatigue.

If you've ever laid awake at night, unable to make yourself stop thinking about an incomplete project, you've experienced the Zeigarnik Effect.

The secret to a productive day is a productive morning. Avoiding these common morning pitfalls will increase your likelihood of success.

We think goals lead to habits which eventually lead to identity change. But, this approach is precisely backward. Habits that stick, and therefore take us to our goals, are actually the result of how we think about who we are.