Topic
Productivity
Every resource in the archive tagged with productivity.
15 resources
EssayHow Things Get Done
Sam Altman
3 min read
Things get done through focus on two or three priorities and strong personal relationships.
VideoSteve Jobs explains the importance of both thinking and doing
Steve Jobs
Mar 2026 · 1 min read
Why the people who change industries are thinkers and doers in one person.
EssayWhy Startups Should Train Their People
Ben Horowitz
May 2010 · 10 min read
Training your employees is one of the highest-leverage activities you can perform as a manager.
EssayFast
Patrick Collison
7 min read
Teams once built cities and planes in months; today the same projects take decades due to regulatory complexity.
EssayAdvice
Patrick Collison
3 min read
Go deep on multiple things, make internet friends, read widely, and resist pressure to follow standard paths.
EssayHappiness Is a Skill
Naval Ravikant
Mar 2021 · 23 min read
Happiness is a skill you can develop by understanding desire and recognizing what's within your control.
EssayValue Is Created By Doing
Sam Altman
3 min read
Most work that feels busy—meetings, networking, talking—doesn't create value; only execution does.
EssayThe Days Are Long But The Decades Are Short
Sam Altman
6 min read
The days are long but the decades are short—optimize for what actually matters: relationships, work you love, and time spent well.
EssayWhat I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Sam Altman
1 min read
How to start and scale ambitious things: recruiting, focus, speed, conviction, and fighting bureaucracy.
EssayResearchers and Founders
Sam Altman
1 min read
The common traits that distinguish the best researchers and founders, from problem taste to persistence to an action bias.
EssayProductivity
Sam Altman
10 min read
Choosing what to work on matters more than how fast you work, and small gains compound into massive results over time.
EssayAge and the Entrepreneur
Marc Andreessen
Aug 2007 · 11 min read
Andreessen's gloss on Simonton's finding that the 'quality ratio' of hits to misses stays roughly constant throughout a creative career.
EssayThe Top Idea in Your Mind
Paul Graham
Sep 2022 · 10 min read
Founders misjudge which problems matter most, but rapid focus on the vital few—measured weekly—accelerates everything.
EssayLife Is Short
Paul Graham
Jan 2016 · 7 min read
Life is genuinely short, and the practical response is to eliminate bullshit and do things that matter.
EssayMaker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Paul Graham
Jul 2009 · 5 min read
Two incompatible ways to use time: the maker's schedule and the manager's schedule.