Nils Salzgeber

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“The One Thing” by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan (Book Summary)

The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan is a productivity book based on a simple premise: If you want more – more productivity, income, satisfaction, time – you need to go small and want less. As the authors put it, “You want fewer distractions and less on your plate. The barrage of e-mails, […]

3 Things You MUST Understand If You Want to Beat Procrastination

I’ve been helping people overcome procrastination for years now, through my articles, books, and coaching. To that end, the one question I have to keep asking myself is this: “What do people need to know, believe, and do in order to beat procrastination?” It’s easy for me to get lost in the science, because it’s so fascinating to […]

Lessons on “Hard Work” by Michael Phelps, Elon Musk, Oprah Winfrey, and co.

We all have dreams and aspirations of what we’d like to achieve and who we’d like to become. Some of us want hotter bodies, faster cars, bigger houses, or longer vacations. Some want simpler things, such as a happy family or a fulfilling career. Some want to travel the world. Some want to become more confident, […]

4 Steps to Getting Anything You Want in Life

It is in the nature of human beings to want things – to desire appreciation, good health, better feelings, kids, a loving spouse, good relationships, peaceful sleep, maybe a beautiful home, a respectable career, or the freedom to travel the world. There’s no denying it. Unless you’re an enlightened being or are willing to meditate for […]

Guilt and Procrastination – How Understanding This Demonized Emotion Helps You Unlock New Levels of Productivity

Guilt is an emotion all too familiar to most procrastinators. It often leads to a vicious cycle: You feel guilty for procrastinating, then the guilt makes you feel so bad that you procrastinate even more, which makes you feel even more guilty, which leads to even more procrastination, and so on. I’ve been stuck in that loop […]

The Exact Browser and Desktop Setup I Use to Maximize Productivity [Video Walk-through]

What’s the fastest and least painful way to change your behavior? Changing your environment. If you’re familiar with Philip Zimbardo’s Prison Experiment or with Ellen Langer’s Counterclockwise Experiment, you’re aware of the insane changes different environments can lead to, and quickly. In Zimbardo’s case, good people became evil in a matter of days. In Langer’s experiment, they literally […]

My Latest Productivity Hack – an Old-School $10 Alarm Clock

My fancy new productivity toolProductivity doesn’t have to be complicated or fancy. I recently bought an old-school $10 alarm clock that has made a remarkable difference in how productive I am. Why? Because it allows me to leave my smartphone in a drawer overnight, which gives me a much more effective start to the day. I get […]

10 Days of Silence, 100 Hours of Meditation – Lessons from My Second Vipassana Meditation Retreat

Two days ago, I’ve come back from my second ten-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat. I had done my first retreat a little over a year ago, and published several well-received articles on my experience. I wrote about the whole ten-day experience, the lessons I had learned, how I would prepare, and tips on how to “survive” […]

“The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles” by Steven Pressfield (Book Summary)

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is all about resistance and how to overcome it. Resistance? It’s that internal force that rises whenever we consider engaging in an activity that is highly beneficial for us, but also hard and uncomfortable. Have you ever bought a treadmill but never used it? Ever quit an exercise regimen, a […]

Why Do We Procrastinate? Here’s the Liberating Truth…

Procrastination is a puzzling phenomenon. We delay the very things we want to do. We postpone what we know is best for us. It’s irrational. It’s harmful. It’s against our best intentions. So why do we do it? Why do we procrastinate? Here’s my take on it…The One Mechanism Underlying All ProcrastinationThere’s only one ultimate reason for why […]

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