if you want to become more productive, managing your time should take a backseat to how you manage your energy and attention. - Chris Bailey

the most productive people are the ones who strike a balance between the two extremes, who understand the power of capturing and organizing what they have to get done, but who also don’t sacrifice real work in favor of being productive about productivity.

any sufficiently complex decision or idea is also indistinguishable from magic.

buying back time isn’t about doing less; it’s about working smarter to do more of the things you find meaningful.