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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.

4 mo on HN

Practical Creativity

GDC Festival of Gaming
3 HN recommender · 2018–2026
4 mo on HN

Learning from dirty jobs | Mike Rowe

TED
4 HN recommender · 2012–2018
3 mo on HN

Tabs Outliner Overview

omnray
3 HN recommender · 2014–2015
3 mo on HN

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen

steffyweffy777
3 HN recommender · 2011–2026
4 mo on HN

The Energy Project | Tony Schwartz | Talks at Google

Talks at Google
3 HN recommender · 2010–2016
4 mo on HN

Steve Jobs on Failure

Silicon Valley Historical Association
4 HN recommender · 2012–2021
3 mo on HN

Joe Rogan Experience #1080 - David Goggins

PowerfulJRE
3 HN recommender · 2019–2021
3 mo on HN

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (with intro by President John Hennessy)

Stanford
2 HN recommender · 2011–2023
3 mo on HN

Here's What's Preventing You From Finishing Projects

Zack Freedman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
3 mo on HN

Avoid These Words (And Not Just at Work)

Adam Savage’s Tested
3 HN recommender · 2024–2024
3 mo on HN

Obsidian for Beginners: Start HERE — How to Use the Obsidian App for Notes

Linking Your Thinking with Nick Milo
3 HN recommender · 2021–2022
3 mo on HN

5 steps to designing the life you want | Bill Burnett | TEDxStanford

TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HN

A real person, a lot like you

Derek Sivers
3 HN recommender · 2011–2013
3 mo on HN

THIS IS WATER! by David Foster Wallace

The Actualization Agent
3 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HN

The "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch

Gabriel Robins
4 HN recommender · 2016–2021
3 mo on HN

BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content

Max Joseph
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HN

University of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven

Texas Exes
3 HN recommender · 2017–2026
3 mo on HN

Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard? | Jon Jandai | TEDxDoiSuthep

TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2015–2025
3 mo on HN

Forget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg at TEDxFremont

TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2014–2017
3 mo on HN

How to Get Good at Small Talk, and Even Enjoy It

Harvard Business Review
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
3 mo on HN

Ira Glass on the Creative Process (www.getoutthebox.org)

Getoutthebox1
3 HN recommender · 2012–2015
3 mo on HN

Getting Started With Org Mode

thoughtbot
3 HN recommender · 2018–2022
3 mo on HN

How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals | Stephen Duneier | TEDxTucson

TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HN

How to Age Gracefully | CBC Radio

CBC
2 HN recommender · 2019–2026
3 mo on HN

Arnold Schwarzenegger 2018 - The speech that broke the internet - Most Inspiring ever

MulliganBrothers
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HN

Michael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial

JayMJ23
2 HN recommender · 2010–2016
2 mo on HN

Gary Vaynerchuk: Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape - Web 2.0 Expo NY

O'Reilly
2 HN recommender · 2009–2016
2 mo on HN

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 high definition.flv

Jed Joe
2 HN recommender · 2013–2017
2 mo on HN

Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools

Andrew Huberman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HN

Inner Game of Tennis

TheCoach
2 HN recommender · 2015–2016
2 mo on HN

How Will You Measure Your Life? Clay Christensen at TEDxBoston

TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2014–2024
2 mo on HN

George RR Martin asks Stephen King: "How do you write so Fast?!"

Aegon Targaryen
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
2 mo on HN

Brain Crack (Explicit Version) :: Best of the Show :: 07-11-06

Ze Frank
2 HN recommender · 2014–2023
2 mo on HN

Joe Rogan Experience #1309 - Naval Ravikant

PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HN

RSA ANIMATE: The Secret Powers of Time

Royal Society of Arts
2 HN recommender · 2010–2014
2 mo on HN

Your Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy | TED

TED
2 HN recommender · 2013–2021