The 15 Minute Morning Reset (Do This Today to Completely Recharge Your Mind and Body)

In Rest Is Resistance, theologist and activist Tricia Hersey reframes the act of resting as a powerful tool for healing and social justice. Half call to action and half how-to guide, this book promotes rest as a way to reclaim your life from an exploitative and dehumanizing culture that values productivity over people’s well-being.

We’ll begin this guide by explaining why modern culture is harmful both physically and psychologically, and how it indoctrinates people to work themselves to death. We’ll then discuss the idea that rest is not just good for you, but is also an act of direct resistance against this toxic culture. Finally, we’ll review some of Hersey’s suggestions about how to rest in a healthy and restorative way.

Our commentary will further explore the roots and present-day manifestations of grind culture. We’ll also provide some data to highlight the impacts this culture has on people’s physical and mental health. Finally, we’ll suggest some actionables to help you begin healing.

In today’s hustle culture, many people think the only way to live a productive and rewarding life is to work as hard as possible. This idea is so ingrained in our culture that many work to the point of near-constant exhaustion, sacrificing their mental and physical health. But according to business strategist Greg McKeown, there’s an easier way to get the most out of your time and effort. In Effortless, he expands on this one simple truth: Achieving your goals doesn’t have to be so hard. By simply taking the easiest path, we can be healthier, happier, and more productive.

In our guide, we’ll lay out McKeown’s argument that the easiest path to success is the most viable, and we’ll provide actionable advice on how to implement this idea into your daily life. We’ll also further explore McKeown’s main points by comparing and contrasting them to other ideas in books on productivity and happiness.

We often think we can get more done by pushing ourselves, then fall short of expectations and chide ourselves for our lack of resilience. However, the key to resilience isn’t pushing harder—it’s giving ourselves a chance to recover.

Do you feel overwhelmed by assignments, meetings, and obligations? Are you constantly interrupted by email, social media, and the urge to follow every headline? Does it feel like there’s never enough time in the day, and none for what you really want to do?

In Make Time, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky argue that we live in an information landscape designed to steal our time and attention. In order to escape from all of our modern distractions, you must be proactive to take back your time. The authors offer tips, tricks, and hacks to reclaim control of your day-to-day life and make time for the things that matter most.

This guide provides an overview of the lifestyle adjustments Knapp and Zeratsky recommend while examining their benefits and practicality. We also explore research on the effects of the modern world on the mind and body and how other experts on motivation and time management suggest you refocus your energy and your life.

Food plays a profound role in our lives: It nourishes our bodies, satisfies our cravings, provides comfort, and serves as a focal point for celebrations. However, the relentless pressure to be thin, combined with conflicting advice on what and how much to eat, can turn eating into a struggle for many people. For them, the pleasures associated with food are overshadowed by guilt, shame, and a fear of making dietary mistakes.

In Intuitive Eating, dietician Evelyn Tribole and nutritionist Elyse Resch suggest a way to overcome this internal struggle and cultivate a healthy relationship with food: Fulfill your body’s needs by tuning out what others say you should eat and tuning in to what your body wants to eat.

This guide explores how succumbing to the pressure of dieting damages your relationship with food, and it presents advice for tuning in to your body and fostering a more positive connection to it. Additionally, we’ll expand on the authors’ ideas with research and advice from other health experts.

How can you be more productive and creative? Most of us assume that the answer lies, at least in part, in managing our time better. But in Hyperfocus, productivity expert Chris Bailey presents an alternate hypothesis: To focus in a world full of ever-increasing distractions, you must learn not just how to manage your time but also how to manage your attention.

Bailey explains why your current method of directing your attention isn’t working—like why you still feel tired no matter how many breaks you take—and then shares several strategies for managing your attention for better productivity and creativity. In this guide, we’ll compare these strategies to recommendations from neuroscientists and other productivity experts, supplementing Bailey’s ideas so that you can manage your attention in the most effective way possible.

In Who Will Cry When You Die?, self-help guru Robin Sharma wants to know if you’ll feel happy with the life you’ve led when you’re on your deathbed. Sharma thinks that most people lead lives they’ll regret because they focus on the wrong things—success, money, fame—and none of the right things—family, community, love. If you think you might have end-of-life regrets, Sharma provides a collection of pithy life lessons and advice to help you seize control of your life and turn it into one you’ll look back on fondly.

We’ve grouped those lessons into eight broader tactics that will help you cope with adversity, build self-discipline, spread kindness, and more. You’ll come away with actionables you can implement daily to make your life better and background on the philosophies, ideologies, and science on which Sharma draws.

Do you feel overwhelmed by assignments, meetings, and obligations? Are you constantly interrupted by email, social media, and the urge to follow every headline? Does it feel like there’s never enough time in the day, and none for what you really want to do?

In Make Time, Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky argue that we live in an information landscape designed to steal our time and attention. In order to escape from all of our modern distractions, you must be proactive to take back your time. The authors offer tips, tricks, and hacks to reclaim control of your day-to-day life and make time for the things that matter most.

This guide provides an overview of the lifestyle adjustments Knapp and Zeratsky recommend while examining their benefits and practicality. We also explore research on the effects of the modern world on the mind and body and how other experts on motivation and time management suggest you refocus your energy and your life.

In Rest Is Resistance, theologist and activist Tricia Hersey reframes the act of resting as a powerful tool for healing and social justice. Half call to action and half how-to guide, this book promotes rest as a way to reclaim your life from an exploitative and dehumanizing culture that values productivity over people’s well-being.

We’ll begin this guide by explaining why modern culture is harmful both physically and psychologically, and how it indoctrinates people to work themselves to death. We’ll then discuss the idea that rest is not just good for you, but is also an act of direct resistance against this toxic culture. Finally, we’ll review some of Hersey’s suggestions about how to rest in a healthy and restorative way.

Our commentary will further explore the roots and present-day manifestations of grind culture. We’ll also provide some data to highlight the impacts this culture has on people’s physical and mental health. Finally, we’ll suggest some actionables to help you begin healing.