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Productivity & self-improvement Videos Recommended on Hacker News (95)
Productivity & self-improvement is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 95 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2007 and 2026 — 391 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Self-improvement: productivity systems, habits, focus, time management, learning skills, career advice, motivation, daily routines, deep work, life advice, commencement speeches.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on How to Speak: “drop what you're doing and watch it now” — an HN commenter, 2020.
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16 mo on HNHow to Speak
MIT OpenCourseWare
17 HN recommender · 2020–2025
11 mo on HNSteve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
JoshuaG
13 HN recommender · 2007–2015
12 mo on HNRandy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Carnegie Mellon University
12 HN recommender · 2008–2023
10 mo on HNControlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction
Andrew Huberman
12 HN recommender · 2021–2024
11 mo on HNMusic and Life - Alan Watts
seandulac
11 HN recommender · 2010–2022
10 mo on HNHamming, "You and Your Research" (June 6, 1995)
securitylectures
11 HN recommender · 2012–2023
11 mo on HNHammock Driven Development - Rich Hickey
ClojureTV
12 HN recommender · 2014–2024
10 mo on HNMarty Lobdell - Study Less Study Smart
Pierce College District WA
6 HN recommender · 2015–2024
8 mo on HNYou Need a Theme, Not a Goal
CGP Grey
10 HN recommender · 2020–2025
9 mo on HNMike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me
CreativeMornings HQ
12 HN recommender · 2015–2026
9 mo on HNMindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Google
11 HN recommender · 2009–2017
8 mo on HNYour Brain Thinks Your Whole Home Is One Room
CGP Grey
17 HN recommender · 2020–2022
8 mo on HNSteve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Stanford
9 HN recommender · 2009–2023
8 mo on HNThe 7 Habits of Highly Miserable People
CGP Grey
11 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNIra Glass on Storytelling 3
warphotography
7 HN recommender · 2018–2026
7 mo on HNNVC Marshall Rosenberg - San Francisco Workshop - FULL ENGLISH SUBTITLES TRANSCRIPTION
Centrum Nadania
6 HN recommender · 2019–2026
6 mo on HNLEADERSHIP LAB: Writing Beyond the Academy 1.23.15
UChicago Social Sciences
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
6 mo on HNWhy Is It So Hard to Do Something That Should Be Easy? (Wall of Awful pt. 1)
How to ADHD
6 HN recommender · 2020–2022
6 mo on HNSteve Jobs Secrets of Life
Silicon Valley Historical Association
6 HN recommender · 2012–2024
6 mo on HN7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0
GoogleTalksArchive
5 HN recommender · 2013–2023
5 mo on HNHow to sound smart in your TEDx Talk | Will Stephen | TEDxNewYork
TEDx Talks
6 HN recommender · 2015–2024
6 mo on HNBryan Cranston's Advice to Aspiring Actors
Oscars
5 HN recommender · 2015–2022
6 mo on HNThe first 20 hours -- how to learn anything | Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU
TEDx Talks
5 HN recommender · 2014–2024
6 mo on HNYou Suck at Excel - Joel Spolsky (Reupload)
Cool Bug Facts
7 HN recommender · 2024–2026
5 mo on HNEmacs Org-mode - a system for note-taking and project planning
Google TechTalks
5 HN recommender · 2009–2024
5 mo on HNRandy Pausch Lecture: Time Management
Carnegie Mellon University
4 HN recommender · 2009–2021
4 mo on HNDo Nothing- a message of motivation from Self-help Singh- (un) motivational speaker and life coach
Masood Boomgaard
4 HN recommender · 2022–2024
4 mo on HNKeep your goals to yourself | Derek Sivers
TED
2 HN recommender · 2010–2023
5 mo on HNInside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator | Tim Urban | TED
TED
5 HN recommender · 2016–2023
5 mo on HNJeff Bezos - Regret Minimization Framework
Micky Thompson
5 HN recommender · 2010–2024
5 mo on HNE-Ink for Productivity: An Introduction
Technology Connextras
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
4 mo on HNEmacs For Writers
thoughtbot
3 HN recommender · 2016–2024
4 mo on HNThis Is Water by David Foster Wallace Full Speech
Joe Mita
5 HN recommender · 2015–2022
4 mo on HN31 Hamming, Learning to Learn: You and Your Research, 6 June 1995
Hamming on Hamming: Learning to Learn
3 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HNHamming, Intro to The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn (March 28, 1995)
securitylectures
3 HN recommender · 2016–2020
4 mo on HNThe Power of belief -- mindset and success | Eduardo Briceno | TEDxManhattanBeach
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2014–2020