My book
I’ve read a lot of books about productivity, goal-setting, and life design. Many gave me useful ideas, but I kept finding myself trying to connect the pieces. Eventually, I’d had enough of looking for the book I wanted to read. So I decided to write it myself.
I wanted to connect what I want from life with what I actually do each day. Writing this book has been part of that process: trying ideas in my own life and work, seeing what helps, and rethinking what doesn’t.
English ebook · Early release
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Essays
Some of my most popular essays:
- Fractal Productivity — Why personal work is surprisingly self-similar — the idea the whole system is built on.
- The Ultimate Guide to Personal Program Management — Running a life change as a grand, finite, transformative campaign.
- ±PEAKER: The Ultimate Org Method — An eight-space framework for organizing a whole digital life.
- In Pursuit of Productiveness — Productivity versus productiveness — a distinction that changes the goal.
- Work Fixtures — Describe the state you need, not the ritual you follow.
- Stop Cleaning Up Your Read-Later List — Why digital “hoarding” is a straw man.
- Effort Density — The hidden weight of modern work.
- Why You Suck At Goal-Setting — A no-bullshit guide to goals that actually carry.
- What Gets Measured Gets Manipulated (Maybe) — On the promise and the trap of self-tracking.
- Digital Rings of Power — How your software quietly infiltrates your thoughts.
Readers on my essays
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In many ways you write the articles I can't be bothered writing, but they always provide me lots of food for thought, so thanks!
Sophie, Paid Club Member
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You have a great view on productivity. And the articles are inspiring.
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Dennis' articles are heavy going but if personal management is your thing, his Blog is an outstanding resource.
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