Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You

by Ali Abdaal

An approach that focused on my wellbeing first, and used that wellbeing to drive my focus and motivation second. An approach I would come to refer to as feel-good productivity.

This is the ‘undoing hypothesis’: that positive emotions can ‘undo’ the effects of stress and other negative emotions. If stress is the problem, then feeling good might just be the solution.

Life is stressful. Play makes it fun.

Curiosity doesn’t simply make our lives more enjoyable. It also allows us to focus longer.