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A Counter-Intuitive Strategy to Unplug

April 7, 2026 | Renée Fishman

When your energy is drained by too many big things at once, sometimes quiet restoration only makes things worse. You might need a different strategy.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: energy, energy drains, performance, productivity, stimulation, unplug

How Hidden Source of Your Energy Drain

April 6, 2026 | Renée Fishman

The source of phantom vampire energy that is draining your energy and killing your performance.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: depletion, drains, energy, performance, productivity

Quitting is a Strength

April 4, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Productivity culture tells us that persistence is a strength and quitting is a weakness. This belief is what often keeps us stuck.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: cycles, persistence, quitting, seasons

Repetition Does Not Lead to Improvement

April 3, 2026 | Renée Fishman

There’s a common myth that if you want to improve at something, you just need to“put in your reps”. Unfortunately, that’s not how it works.

Filed Under: Coaching, Fitness, Productivity Tagged With: coaching, consistency, feedback, fitness, improvement, productivity, repetition, skills, technique, time

Optimization Isn’t Always the Answer

April 2, 2026 | Renée Fishman

Just because we have tools that can help us do our work faster doesn’t mean we always need to use them. Optimization can take away the joy of the work.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: cooking, efficiency, energy, holidays, joy, meaning, optimization, productivity, ritual, time

3 Problems With the 1 Percent Rule For Improvement

March 31, 2026 | Renée Fishman

The myth that 1 percent improvement every day will lead to exponential growth misrepresents the nature of progress and ignores the reality of human capacity.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: coaching, consistency, habits, personal development, productivity, productivity myths

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