Productivity

Mental Models

Mental Models

Mental models are thinking shortcuts kept when they survive real decisions.

Minimum Effective Dose

Minimum Effective Dose

The smallest change that still moves the needle - not the heroic overhaul.

Minimum Viable Product

Minimum Viable Product

Ship the smallest version that proves someone actually wants this - polish comes after proof.

Mobile Capture Workflows

Mobile Capture Workflows

Mobile capture is one tap to save the spark before scrolling away - share sheet to inbox.

PARA Method

PARA Method

PARA sorts notes into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives - four buckets by life responsibility, not topic soup.

Pareto Principle

Pareto Principle

The Pareto principle is the 80/20 rule - most results come from a small slice of effort.

PKM

PKM

PKM saves, organizes, and reuses what you learn - not a hobby of collecting apps.

Slow Productivity

Slow Productivity

Slow productivity is fewer active projects so work finishes deep instead of piling as guilt.

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Sunk Cost Fallacy

Drop the bad tool or project when it stops earning its place - past effort is gone either way.

The 12 Week Year

The 12 Week Year

Compress yearly goals into twelve-week arcs you can feel - and map wiki projects to them.

The Collector's Fallacy

The Collector's Fallacy

Saving articles felt like progress until every save tied to an express deadline or got cut.

The Second Brain Workflow

The Second Brain Workflow

Capture to inbox, organize by project, distill on reuse, express weekly - CODE and PARA in one loop.

The Mouse Wheel Click: One Button, Three Operating Systems

The Mouse Wheel Click: One Button, Three Operating Systems

Most people right-click every link to open a new tab. There's a faster button under their finger - same gesture on every OS, and almost nobody uses it.

Why I Still Keep a Desktop or Laptop

Why I Still Keep a Desktop or Laptop

Every couple of years someone goes mobile-only. I keep a laptop because real work happens faster there - upright, keyboard, full apps - not because I'm lending gear.

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