Scott H. Young - Author, Programmer, Entrepreneur

Lately, I’ve been writing about improving energy. Recent essays include why we should manage energy rather than time, the saga of ego depletion research, and the paradoxical relationship between stress and energy.
Today I want to talk about effort. Why do some tasks feel harder than others? And how can we make the hard work we need to do feel easier?...

I have a new book!
Foundations is a guided journal that condenses much of the research I did in my year-long project. The book explains what foundations are, how to cultivate and sustain better habits, and teaches you the essentials for each of the twelve foundations I...

Recently, I’ve written about why managing your energy, not your time, is the key to productivity. Making a schedule is easy, but doing the work is hard. So we need to find ways to make the work easier, not just invent ever-more-elaborate timetables to...

Last week, I argued that energy management, not time management, is the key to productivity. It’s far easier to make a schedule than to do the work. Available energy being more limiting than time helps explain why we so often fall short of our productive...