Focus & Productivity
Jeremy Nixon's compiled knowledge on attention, focus, execution, work ethic, habits, and personal systems. Synthesized from 40+ raw entries.
Attention & Focus
The ability to direct and sustain attention is a foundational skill. Jeremy studied it systematically:
Core Frameworks
- your-brain-at-work -- David Rock's neuroscience of focus
- golemans-focus -- Daniel Goleman on attention types
- deep-work -- Cal Newport's deep work framework
- attention-focus-literature -- Comprehensive literature review
- attention-focus -- Hub page for all focus material
Practical Focus Methods
- 17-02-09-learning-how-to-focus -- Learning focus as a skill
- 17-07-30-expanding-attention-span -- Expanding what you can attend to
- 19-10-12-ways-to-improve-focus -- Actionable focus improvements
- 17-08-02-how-to-silence-the-chatter -- Quieting mental noise
Execution & Work Ethic
- compressing-execution -- The compressed guide to getting things done
- 18-01-04-building-a-work-ethic -- How to develop the capacity for sustained work
- relentlessness -- On relentless pursuit of goals
- relentless -- Tim Grover's framework (book notes)
- grover -- More on Grover's approach
- 17-07-05-ways-to-increase-action-bias -- Moving from thinking to doing
- 17-08-25-ways-to-induce-action-bias-in-a-community -- Creating action-oriented groups
- 17-10-16-accomplishing-arbitrary-deadlines -- Hitting deadlines
Motivation & Energy
- motivation -- Core document on motivation
- motivation-idea-space -- The full space of motivational approaches
- forces-motivating-greatness -- What drives great achievement
- 06-19-14-energy -- On managing energy
- 18-02-18-how-to-become-obsessed -- Cultivating productive obsession
- 19-06-24-ways-to-induce-hypomania -- Inducing states of high energy and creativity
- 20-07-20-reward-system-options -- Different approaches to reward systems
Productivity Systems
- productivity-systems -- Overview of productivity systems
- 19-06-06-10-systems-worth-having -- The 10 most valuable personal systems
- meta-commitments -- High-level commitments that drive daily behavior
- lifescore -- Quantified self-assessment system
- daily-habits-decision-making -- Daily habit framework
- 18-08-03-how-to-use-my-time-more-effectively -- Time optimization
- 20-03-10-questions-to-ask-regularly-life-reframes -- Regular self-check questions
Habits
- daily-habits-decision-making -- Core daily habits
- 15-07-17-intellectual-habitslifestyle -- Intellectual lifestyle habits
- 20-01-06-accountability-schemes -- Accountability systems
- 20-01-06-becoming-autocatalytic -- Becoming self-sustaining in productivity
Systems & Life Design
- my-life -- Jeremy's life system overview
- ferris -- Tim Ferriss-style lifestyle design
- lifestyle-design -- Broader lifestyle design thoughts
- experiments-list -- Personal experiments to run
- 15-02-19-experiments-i-should-be-doing -- Experiments backlog
- 20-03-09-potential-life-updates -- Life changes worth making
- 20-02-21-my-lifestyle-creep -- Tracking lifestyle inflation
Overcoming Obstacles
- 20-01-07-overcoming-anxiety -- Dealing with anxiety
- 18-10-12-how-to-overcome-approach-conversation-anxiety-at-brain -- Social anxiety specifically
- 19-09-14-traps-to-avoid -- Common traps
- 17-09-25-additional-weakness -- Understanding personal weaknesses
- 17-09-26-additional-weakness-experiments -- Experimenting with addressing weaknesses
- 20-04-12-ways-in-which-people-tend-to-be-asleep -- Common forms of unconsciousness
- 18-11-02-transcendent-self-awareness -- Getting beyond the ego
- 18-02-04-destroying-the-ego -- Ego dissolution as a tool
Health & Longevity
- 17-09-17-longevity-interventions -- Interventions for living longer
- 19-06-15-obviously-correct-diet-interventions -- Diet interventions with clear evidence
- 20-07-05-brain-healthy-foods-jeremy-doesnt-hate -- Brain-healthy foods that are actually palatable
- 18-08-12-sharable-bucket-list -- Life goals and experiences