Best of the Newsletter. I'm taking a vacation but the newsletter is not.

I didn’t practice productivity all week just to have to work on Saturday.- - - - - #1. How I feel abo [View online]( [Coach Tony]( Coach Tony [@tonystubblebine]( I didn’t practice productivity all week just to have to work on Saturday. - - - - - #1. How I feel about vacation. I’m on vacation this week, at a resort in the Caribbean, not planning to do anything other than reading fiction and swimming. But the newsletter will continue each day (all pre-written by me). When it comes to workaholism, I’m more in the Tim Ferriss camp than the Elon Musk camp. The vibe of The Four Hour Workweek made a lot of sense to me. Take advantage of productivity tools and techniques to cut way back on the amount that you are required to work. Then work more if you want to (which I often do). There’s a huge privilege to this — which I keep in mind both in terms of gratitude and responsibility to others. It’s all about balance. Can we all be our best selves, do good in the world, and delight in life? Yes. So the newsletter will continue all week and that’s a validation of the advice I give out. I’m going to do “best of” formats this week. - - - - - #2. My favorite Medium author. I linked to a lot of Medium authors in the prior 225 issues. Some of them rarely publish. But of the active ones, there is one who was new to me and who taught me the most. It’s [Scott H. Young](, the author of [Ultralearning](. I’d recommend following him. The other Medium authors who come up over and over again in the newsletter are: [Michelle Loucadoux, MBA](, [Buster Benson](, [Jessica Stillman](, [Jason Shen](, [Anna Maltby](, and [Zachary Walston](. Also good follows. - - - - - #3. The most cited articles. Some articles cover fundamental topics and so they come up over and over as supporting citations. The big ones are: [Jason Shen](’s [guide to deliberate practice](. It’s so key that you understand and focus on the quality of your work, not just the quantity. (Five citations) [Mike Sturm](’s [falsification mindset](, because almost everything we talk about in the newsletter is experimental. So you have to be able to form an opinion that’s strong enough to act on, but then be able to back away from it if you get contradictory information. (Five citations) [The NY Times book review of Thinking, Fast and Slow](. This book is so fundamental to behavior design because you have to hit your rational and emotional brains. But the actual book is long and dense, so I’m hopeful that you will read this article instead, which acts as a very good summary. (Seven citations) My own [interstitial journaling article](. Despite having published more than 400 articles, I don’t like to use this newsletter to resurface them. This one article, though, seems to be the exception. (Eight citations) - - - - - Aside: Delegation. It’s important for my own sense of authenticity that I write these newsletters rather than have them ghostwritten. So I never delegate the writing. But as I’ve gotten deeper into this project, I have found supporting parts I can get people to help me with. The main help is Lelo, who copy edits these overnight in between when I finish and when they publish. If you ever receive one later in the day, it’s because I made a mistake so egregious that it was uncorrectable and had to be sent back to me to fix when I wake up. For this week, I got the help of a friendly programmer on Upwork. I love this service that lets me post a quick job description and get instant help. So, for $100, I found someone who could write a web scraper on short notice to go through all my past newsletters and make a spreadsheet of everything I’ve ever linked to. That was the starting matter for this week’s best of. If you’d like, here is the [raw data](. - - - - - Tips or feedback? [Send me a response on Twitter.]( Open Opportunities: * Habit Coach Certification: Early bird pricing for the next class of Habit Coach Certification is live until the end of April. ( * 20% off at 750words.com if you sign up through our Better Humans group. ( Don’t miss out on the other issues by Coach Tony [Become a member for $5 per month]( Did you enjoy this issue? [Yes]( [No]( [Coach Tony]( Coach Tony [@tonystubblebine]( Tips, inspirations, and knowledge on productivity, happiness, health, and making an impact on our world. Official email of the Better Humans publication on Medium. (@bttrhumans) You can manage your subscription [here](. In order to unsubscribe, click [here](. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe [here](. Created with [Revue by Twitter](.