Superorganizers

How smart people organize what they know.

Dec 12, 2023

How David Perell Writes an Essay

Harnessing the power of surprise to create writing that spreads

Apr 28, 2020

If your system was a house, would you want to live in it?

In his book Notes on the Synthesis of Form Christopher Alexander writes about how to design buildings: “[A good design is an] effort to ach

Jun 18, 2022

How to write a bestselling book with a friend (even when it’s hard)

And you both have full-time jobs

Feb 27, 2020

Productivity Cycles

Let me know if you’ve ever felt this way: Everything is piling up. Emails, todos, housework, bills, taxes, books to read. It’s endless. You

Oct 1, 2021

The Theology of Productivity

Exploring why productivity can feel empty, and how we can make it whole again

Oct 29, 2021

How David Perell writes an essay

Harnessing the power of surprise to build writing that spreads

Jul 1, 2022

Changing the world to change yourself

My subconscious pursuit of love and respect

Aug 22, 2020

Organizing Superorganizers

Happy Saturday! For a long time I’ve wanted to make the Superorganizers archive more useful. There’s a ton of information in there, but the

Nov 6, 2020

Action Item: How to become indistractable

We break down Nir Eyal's system for turning down the noise and getting work done

Jun 5, 2020

Organize Your Week with the Weekly Priority Sheet

This week’s article is dedicated to the memory of George Floyd and the millions of people who have suffered racial injustice in America. Na

Apr 13, 2021

Action Item: How to Become a Machine

Nate Berkopec tunes himself like a server—in a surprisingly human way

Jul 8, 2020

Scott Belsky’s Elephant List

Adobe’s CPO on relentlessly taking action even on the problems no one is talking about

Jun 25, 2021

How to Go Pro as a Creator

John Gannon from GoingVC shares how he made $1mm in revenue as a creator

Oct 29, 2020

Action Item: Progress Over Process, Remembering What You Read, Zettelkasten

Read to the end to learn what else you get from your subscription

Jul 11, 2020

Is it new or does it suck?

Hey! Dan here. If you're an introspective person, you probably spend a lot of time asking yourself how things are going: Do I like this? Do

Nov 6, 2021

Misunderstanding Media

The phrase “the medium is the message” predicted much of the internet era. But what does it actually mean?

Jul 21, 2021

How to get your creative work back on track

Artist and designer Coleen Baik shows us how to make a "What's Next" deck

Apr 23, 2021

Will Worrying Make You Better?

In fourth grade my teacher referred to me in a report card as a “nutty professor.” The verdict from the elementary academy was clear: Head i

Aug 6, 2022

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of 1-1 Learning

How to learn anything 98% better than average

May 16, 2020

Week 25

25 weeks ago, in November 2019, I wrote this in my Notion: - Write and publish a Superorganizers interview once a week - Find a partner to w

Apr 16, 2020

Productivity for Parents

Square’s Restaurant Product Lead on integrating career and family

Mar 18, 2021

How to see the future

An MIT PhD reveals his process for researching the future of programming

Jan 21, 2020

How To Run Your Life Inside of Notion

Marie Poulin gives a tour through the most impressive Notion setup I've ever seen

Jul 31, 2020

Follow your heart — with caveats

“Follow your heart” is squishy advice.  It’s a Goop headline. It’s a bumper sticker. It’s something you imagine Adam Neumann plastering on