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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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4 mo on HNPractical Creativity
GDC Festival of Gaming
3 HN recommender · 2018–2026
4 mo on HNLearning from dirty jobs | Mike Rowe
TED
4 HN recommender · 2012–2018
3 mo on HNTabs Outliner Overview
omnray
3 HN recommender · 2014–2015
3 mo on HNBaz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen
steffyweffy777
3 HN recommender · 2011–2026
4 mo on HNThe Energy Project | Tony Schwartz | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
3 HN recommender · 2010–2016
4 mo on HNSteve Jobs on Failure
Silicon Valley Historical Association
4 HN recommender · 2012–2021
3 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1080 - David Goggins
PowerfulJRE
3 HN recommender · 2019–2021
3 mo on HNSteve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (with intro by President John Hennessy)
Stanford
2 HN recommender · 2011–2023
3 mo on HNHere's What's Preventing You From Finishing Projects
Zack Freedman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
3 mo on HNAvoid These Words (And Not Just at Work)
Adam Savage’s Tested
3 HN recommender · 2024–2024
3 mo on HNObsidian 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 HN5 steps to designing the life you want | Bill Burnett | TEDxStanford
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HNA real person, a lot like you
Derek Sivers
3 HN recommender · 2011–2013
3 mo on HNTHIS IS WATER! by David Foster Wallace
The Actualization Agent
3 HN recommender · 2020–2024
3 mo on HNThe "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch
Gabriel Robins
4 HN recommender · 2016–2021
3 mo on HNBOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content
Max Joseph
3 HN recommender · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNUniversity of Texas at Austin 2014 Commencement Address - Admiral William H. McRaven
Texas Exes
3 HN recommender · 2017–2026
3 mo on HNLife is easy. Why do we make it so hard? | Jon Jandai | TEDxDoiSuthep
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2015–2025
3 mo on HNForget big change, start with a tiny habit: BJ Fogg at TEDxFremont
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2014–2017
3 mo on HNHow to Get Good at Small Talk, and Even Enjoy It
Harvard Business Review
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
3 mo on HNIra Glass on the Creative Process (www.getoutthebox.org)
Getoutthebox1
3 HN recommender · 2012–2015
3 mo on HNGetting Started With Org Mode
thoughtbot
3 HN recommender · 2018–2022
3 mo on HNHow to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals | Stephen Duneier | TEDxTucson
TEDx Talks
3 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNHow to Age Gracefully | CBC Radio
CBC
2 HN recommender · 2019–2026
3 mo on HNArnold Schwarzenegger 2018 - The speech that broke the internet - Most Inspiring ever
MulliganBrothers
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNMichael Jordan "Failure" Nike Commercial
JayMJ23
2 HN recommender · 2010–2016
2 mo on HNGary Vaynerchuk: Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape - Web 2.0 Expo NY
O'Reilly
2 HN recommender · 2009–2016
2 mo on HNSteve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 high definition.flv
Jed Joe
2 HN recommender · 2013–2017
2 mo on HNMaximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
Andrew Huberman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNInner Game of Tennis
TheCoach
2 HN recommender · 2015–2016
2 mo on HNHow Will You Measure Your Life? Clay Christensen at TEDxBoston
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2014–2024
2 mo on HNGeorge RR Martin asks Stephen King: "How do you write so Fast?!"
Aegon Targaryen
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
2 mo on HNBrain Crack (Explicit Version) :: Best of the Show :: 07-11-06
Ze Frank
2 HN recommender · 2014–2023
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1309 - Naval Ravikant
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: The Secret Powers of Time
Royal Society of Arts
2 HN recommender · 2010–2014
2 mo on HNYour Body Language May Shape Who You Are | Amy Cuddy | TED
TED
2 HN recommender · 2013–2021