Nicholas Bonito on What Being Near Water Does for Your Thinking

Some of the best decisions Nicholas Bonito has made didn’t happen at a desk. They happened on the water paddling out early in the morning, sitting on a dock while the light came up, walking a beach without a destination. The work was still there. The problems were still there. But something about being near […]
Nicholas Bonito on the Power of Doing Less to Accomplish More

There is a productivity myth that never seems to die: that the person getting the most done is the person doing the most things. Nicholas Bonito used to believe it. For a period, his days were packed tasks everywhere, tabs everywhere, the constant low-level hum of not being on top of enough things. He looked […]
Nicholas Bonito on Why a Slow Morning Makes for a Fast Day

There’s a version of success that looks like chaos early alarms, back-to-back calls, inbox zero by 7am. Nick Bonito tried that version. It didn’t work. What works for Nicholas Bonito is slower. Much slower. Not lazy slow. Not unproductive slow. Intentionally slow the kind of slow that builds a foundation under everything else that follows. […]
Nicholas Bonito on Why a Slow Morning Makes for a Fast Day

There’s a version of success that looks like chaos early alarms, back-to-back calls, inbox zero by 7am. I tried that version. It didn’t work for me. What works for Nicholas Bonito is slower. Much slower. Not lazy slow. Not unproductive slow. Intentionally slow the kind of slow that builds a foundation under everything else that […]
Nicholas Bonito on the Power of Doing Less to Accomplish More

There is a productivity myth that never seems to die: that the person getting the most done is the person doing the most things. Nicholas Bonito used to believe it. For a period, his days were packed tasks everywhere, tabs everywhere, the constant low-level hum of not being on top of enough things. He looked […]
Nicholas Bonito on What Being Near Water Does for Your Thinking

Some of the best decisions Nicholas Bonito has made didn’t happen at a desk. They happened on the water paddling out early in the morning, sitting on a dock while the light came up, walking a beach without a destination. The work was still there. The problems were still there. But something about being near […]