Why Does AI Make Me Busier? What a WIP Limit Fixes
AI made starting free. Finishing still runs through one person: you. Here is what a WIP limit is, how to pick your number, what to do when it is full, and how to test it for 14 days.
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Attention as a resource: deep work, boredom, resets and fewer tabs.
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What Should You Automate With AI? A 4-Question Filter Before You Delegate
Your backlog is a queue of unmade decisions, not a to-do list. Here is the 4-question LEAF filter to run before you hand anything to AI, plus the guardrails for what survives.
The April Experiment: What I Learned Going Slower in an AI World Telling Me to Speed Up
The April Experiment is a 30‑day slow productivity lab in the middle of an AI boom that keeps telling us to move faster. Instead of adding more tools, I cut my AI stack from eleven to three, rebuilt my weeks around deep work, and used the F.A.K.E. Framework to delete the “AI made it easy”
The ROI of Boredom: Why You Cannot Live a “Soft Life” with a Fried Nervous System
Stop chasing the “Soft Life” with a fried nervous system. Discover why willpower fails against the attention economy, why boredom is your superpower, and the 3-step Digital Friction Protocol to reclaim your focus and reset your dopamine baseline.
Deep Work in the Age of AI: Your Only Survival Strategy (Not Just a Buzzword)
The headlines are exhausting, aren’t they? “AI replaces coders,” “AI writes better copy,” “AI manages projects”. If you are a knowledge worker (e.g., a developer, designer, product manager, project manager) you have felt that cold shiver of obsolescence. If an algorithm can do the “busy wo
The Neuro-Productivity Manifesto: Why Resolutions Fail Your Brain
Summary: Most resolutions fail because they rely on fleeting motivation rather than neurobiological systems. To achieve lasting high-performance, you must optimise dopamine baselines through effort-based rewards, align work with 90-minute ultradian rhythms, and implement Work-In-Progress (