It’s called the Non-Negotiable Mindset, and this is how it works. My Non-Negotiable Mindset started with exercise, or more accurately, with not wanting to.

I've covered a lot of productivity hacks for Lifehacker and the two I liked best, both in theory and practice, were the two- and 10-minute rules. The idea is that if a particular tasks takes less than ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Think about those chores and admin tasks that never seem to make it off your to-do list: Make dentist ...

Running errands is boring, but running errands with the promise of getting a strawberry iced matcha on the way? Suddenly, it doesn’t sound so bad. It not only makes the experience more fun while it’s ...

The simple hack involves calculating an alignment score, or a measure of how much control he had over his time in a given ...

Something strange happened to work in the last few years. A recent survey of more than 31,000 workers around the world found that 80% said they lack the time or energy to do their work, yet 53% of ...

The contemporary approach to personal productivity often follows a binary model: success or failure. This all-or-nothing mentality creates unnecessary pressure, turning minor obstacles into seemingly ...

“In my 13 years at BDC, I’ve never had more entrepreneurs ask about productivity than now,” says Pierre Cléroux, Vice President, Research and Chief Economist at BDC. “Business owners know it’s no ...

There are a variety of ways I have been trying to improve my productivity on my browser, especially after making the switch away from Chrome. I’ve tried read-it-later apps, a new approach to bookmarks ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...