Maximize Productivity with Mindfulness

Top performance coach and author Brad Stulberg joins Forrest to reframe and reclaim excellence. Brad explains how real excellence - involved engagement with something you care about - is the healthy middle path between over-the-top hustle-culture and detached nonchalance. They di ...  Show more

Forrest and Dr. Rick explore how well-intentioned self-help advice can drift away from science under the incentives of the attention economy, where overclaiming, alarmist framing, and “this one simple trick” outperforms nuance. They talk about how authority gets manufactured, how ...  Show more

When we think about getting more done, we tend to think about working harder, exerting more willpower, and buckling down; we tend to think of doing things that are unpleasant, but that we deem worth it, for the productivity boost they offer.

But what if the key to greate ...

In this episode, my guest is Dr. Cal Newport, Ph.D., a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and bestselling author of numerous books on focus and productivity and how to access the deepest possible layers of your cognitive abilities in order to do quality work a ...  Show more

Did you know that 82% of individuals lack an effective system for managing their time? I did a little experiment over the last 30 days and meticulously timed every single task to gain insight into my time management habits. Many of us struggle with managing our time effectively, ...  Show more

This meditation for productivity is a 15 minute guided session to help you focus on how to stop procrastinating and have a productive day. Increasing productivity and focus takes discipline and will power, but meditation can help make this all easier. We all want to get more done ...  Show more