Hey, Reader! One of my favorite things to do is read out in my backyard with my pups close by while grounding my bare feet on the ground and soaking up the Texas sun. I always have a physical book with me in the car — you never know when you’ll have a few minutes. I reach for the book instead of my phone. I also take reading walks — exactly what it sounds like: reading a physical book while walking. I do this as part of my daily 4:30 a.m. 30-minute prayer/reading time up and down our hallway,...

Hey, Reader! Gamifying your productivity is one of my biggest secrets to getting more done without feeling miserable. Here’s the simple premise: You turn productivity into a game. You compete against yourself. Who doesn’t like playing games? I’ve been doing this for years, and it’s helped me maintain my daily running streak since August 29, 2017, hit 15,000 steps for over 770 days, stay consistent with cold showers, weight lifting, meditation, outreach for speaking gigs, and more—even at 60....

Hey, Reader! Confession time. I’ve been preaching the power of time tracking for years. I tell clients it’s one of the fastest ways to gain clarity and kill procrastination. Yet for a while, I wasn’t doing it myself. Even Mister Productivity falters sometimes. After a recent speaking engagement, I got convicted. I realized I was telling others to do something I had quietly stopped doing. So I made a decision: I’m back to tracking my time. But I wanted to keep it simple. Complexity is the...