I’ve received a few requests for this post, so here it is: my approach to focus. It is not an end-all be-all solution for everybody, but rather a look at the key underlying ways you can keep yourself moving towards a task. The tricks here should work well for anybody,...

We all know what the right decisions are, as well as what the wrong decisions or “cookies” in our life are.  The list of things we each intend to do is a long one: eat healthy, exercise, study and work hard, etc.  What fascinates me is why we so often...

Given that I cut the amount of sleep I need by 2 hours per day, you might expect that I have a loud alarm clock and a rigid sleep schedule without a social life.  All of these could not be further from the truth.     Some days I go...

I’ve mentioned the idea of using circadian rhythms to your advantage a few times (such as in my sleep experiment) but have not gone into much detail about how to leverage them to their fullest. If you pay attention to what your body is doing at different times of the...

You know how to sleep well and how to fall asleep in under 2 minutes, but what good is it if you’re on the road or otherwise do not have the luxury of a good sleep environment?  A simple sleep kit can be created for under $10 and will solve...

If there is a “holy grail” for those obsessed by productivity and time-management, it is conquering sleep.  It is easy to think of the time spent sleeping each night as wasted time.  If only we could sleep less without any ill-effects!     You’ve probably tried going without sleep once...

It’s great to sleep better, but it doesn’t matter much if you toss and turn for hours before falling asleep.  There are plenty of “typical” suggestions for falling asleep better (don’t drink alcohol or caffeine within at least 4 hours of going to bed, take a warm shower before bed,...

In preparing to experiment on how to sleep less, I could not help but take a look at polyphasic sleep (note: I make a distinction between Polyphasic and Biphasic sleep here; see below for more).  If you listen to the proponents of the technique (including people whom I respect, such...