A Modest Proposal Last month, I wrote an intentionally provocative article for the Harvard Business Review's website. It was titled, "A Modest Proposal:

Just don’t spend too much time on it.

In some settings, more than 90% of the time and effort invested isn't in the actual 'work', but in getting setting up, debugging and then polishing the work. Heart surgery, for example, might take five hours to perform, but the...

Deep Thwings Charles Franklin Thwing is a largely forgotten but impressive figure from the early twentieth century. He graduated Harvard in the 1870s,

Delaying the completion of a project may actually make you more creative.

If you’re feeling you've let yourself down in the past because you haven’t kept up with your resolutions, don’t fret. Here are five ways to make this the most productive year ever – without a single New Year’s resolution.

Good things aren’t necessarily a good use of your time.

The high cost of overwork.

Excessive ambition can be a cruel taskmaster. Here are a few things I've learned about keeping a realistic pace.

“Tess…started her way up the dark and crooked lane not made for hasty progress; a street laid out before inches of land had value, and when one-handed clocks sufficiently sub-divided the day.”  —Thomas Hardy Imagine your life without time, without a constant sense that you’re running behind, frustrated that yet again you are losing the...

Presenting a saner way to prepare for time off.

Have you ever been asked how you do it all? Have you ever wondered how you do it all? Here's the answer. The real answer. Find more at http://findingjoy.net ...

Redeeming The Luddite Caucus Earlier this morning I was reading The Washington Post while watching the sun rise (I have two young kids at home: I find quiet

Super Casual Friday Last week, an article in the Washington Post caught my attention. It was titled, "At some start-ups, Friday is so casual that it's not

What can research and expert insight teach us about building the optimal daily schedule? Here's what to do and when to do it.