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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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2 mo on HNMatsuoka Shuzo [松岡修造 ] - あきらめかけているあなた (NEVER GIVE UP!!) [English]
Ryuujin131
2 HN recommender · 2018–2025
2 mo on HNBoJack Horseman - "It gets easier" (Season 2 Ending)
Ettore
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HNYour Brain at Work
Google TechTalks
3 HN recommender · 2011–2015
2 mo on HNPink Noise for Ten Hours of Ambient Sound Blocker Masker - Burn In - Relaxation
Dalesnale - Noise Ambient
2 HN recommender · 2013–2022
2 mo on HNOptimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
Andrew Huberman
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HN7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0
Google
2 HN recommender · 2012–2023
1 mo on HNTechniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression
Jonathan Blow
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNWhy "scout mindset" is crucial to good judgment | Julia Galef | TEDxPSU
TEDx Talks
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HNDonald Knuth - My advice to young people (93/97)
Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People
1 HN recommend · 2015–2025
1 mo on HNTwo Is the Wrong Number of Days Off
CGP Grey
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNE-Ink for productivity: Software and General Updates
Technology Connextras
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HNIncremental reading: Learning about nutrition from Wikipedia (SuperMemo 17)
SuperMemo Video
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNA kinder, gentler philosophy of success | Alain de Botton
TED
1 HN recommend · 2009–2021
1 mo on HNThe First Principles Method Explained by Elon Musk
Innomind
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HNAndy Matuschak — The reason most learning tools fail
Dwarkesh Patel
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNThe surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant | TED
TED
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HNYou Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.
Harvard Business Review
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026
1 mo on HN10 Bullets, #8: "ALWAYS BE KNOLLING". By Tom Sachs
Tom Sachs
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNInbox Zero
Google TechTalks
1 HN recommend · 2013–2023
0 mo on HNQ&A: Techniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression
Jonathan Blow
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNHow to stop screwing yourself over | Mel Robbins | TEDxSF
TEDx Talks
0 HN recommender · 2013–2018
0 mo on HNMichael Jordan's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech
OfficialHoophall
0 HN recommender · 2015–2022
0 mo on HNShia LaBeouf "Just Do It" Motivational Speech (Original Video by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner)
MotivaShian
0 HN recommender · 2016–2021