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Chris Bailey
Personal blog · alifeofproductivity.comproductivitywriting
Chris Bailey's personal blog at alifeofproductivity.com covers productivity and writing. Since 2015, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “A Life of Productivity”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-20, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Chris Bailey's posts on productivity, flow and burnout, citing them as support for points about mental stimulation and cynicism. The comments give no verdict on the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I help people become more productive—without burning out. Explore my four books, the Values Test, my course, the podcast, keynotes, and newsletter.
Most-linked posts?
- A Life of Productivity2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-03-03
What Hacker News says?
[I think psychologists have]( https://alifeofproductivity.com/how-to-experience-flow-magic... ) Basically, those that are more "brainy" need a higher level of mental stimulation in order to not be bored. Being given too much mental stimulation relative to your intelligence/skills results in anxiety. The sweet spot is somewhere in between and we seek this sweet spot (or at least stumble upon it and remain sticky to i…
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on “A theory that “elite overproduction” leads to political instability (2020)”Submitted The research is in: Caffeine boosts your mental and physical performance in as a story · 16 points
HN discussion> Airplanes crash...but nobody seems to care If you think that nobody cares when airplanes crash, that signals that you likely want to: 1. Re-evaluate the evidence. Boeing was fined $2.5 Billion[1] over the MCAS debacle after it was a major news story. 2. Talk to someone about burnout. Cynicism is one of its major symptoms[2]. [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/boeing-charged-737-max-fraud-... [2] https://alifeofpro…
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on “Ellen Ullman: We Have to Demystify Code (2017)”Submitted Food and productivity as a story · 2 points
HN discussionnot a founder, but I would start with building some peace of mind for yourself -- Journaling, mindfulness, meditation, prayer or similar is a great place to start and most high-productivity folks actually draw a connection between this sort of focus and both increased productivity and lower stress. In your one-man-band phase, this is super important for you to constantly improve. A less popular angle is to cut out a…
Comment linking /the-productivity-project/
on “Ask HN: Not resting fully because can't sleep long enough”Submitted 5 Nuggets of Wisdom from Ray Dalio’s Book, Principles as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to structure life around your laziness as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to get as much energy out of caffeine as possible as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Here's what I learned living like a caveman for a month [pdf] as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things I learned about productivity watching 70 hours of TED talks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Life of Productivity as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Forever be Productive as a story · 1 points
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