Of all the resources on productivity that I’m familiar with, these are the ones I’ve found most useful.  If you think I’m missing something, please let me know.

The resources are listed in rough descending order of usefulness. I recommend going through these resources one at a time, starting from the first one, and proceeding to the next one only after you have succeeded in implementing at least the most valuable bits of advice.

• Randy Pausch, Time management [transcript; slides; my summary]
• Scott H. Young, The little book of productivity [my summary]
• Nick Winter, The motivation hacker
• Piers Steel, The procrastination equation [Luke Muehlhauser’s summary]
• Peter Hurford, How I am productive
• Cal Newport, The art of the finish
• Ozan Onay & Ash Fontana, 100 ways to get more done
• Steve Kamb, 5 ways to instantly become more productive

Randy Pausch’s lecture on time management is, in my opinion, the best presentation on productivity techniques ever recorded. I have watched the talk at least half a dozen times, I learned something new and important on each occasion. The summary below leaves out the funny jokes and engaging stories, focusing exclusively on the actionable bits of advice.

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