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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.

2 mo on HN

Matsuoka 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 HN

BoJack Horseman - "It gets easier" (Season 2 Ending)

Ettore
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
2 mo on HN

Your Brain at Work

Google TechTalks
3 HN recommender · 2011–2015
2 mo on HN

Pink Noise for Ten Hours of Ambient Sound Blocker Masker - Burn In - Relaxation

Dalesnale - Noise Ambient
2 HN recommender · 2013–2022
2 mo on HN

Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

Andrew Huberman
2 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HN

7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0

Google
2 HN recommender · 2012–2023
1 mo on HN

Techniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression

Jonathan Blow
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HN

Why "scout mindset" is crucial to good judgment | Julia Galef | TEDxPSU

TEDx Talks
1 HN recommend · 2020–2022
1 mo on HN

Donald Knuth - My advice to young people (93/97)

Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People
1 HN recommend · 2015–2025
1 mo on HN

Two Is the Wrong Number of Days Off

CGP Grey
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HN

E-Ink for productivity: Software and General Updates

Technology Connextras
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HN

Incremental reading: Learning about nutrition from Wikipedia (SuperMemo 17)

SuperMemo Video
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HN

A kinder, gentler philosophy of success | Alain de Botton

TED
1 HN recommend · 2009–2021
1 mo on HN

The First Principles Method Explained by Elon Musk

Innomind
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HN

Andy Matuschak — The reason most learning tools fail

Dwarkesh Patel
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HN

The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant | TED

TED
1 HN recommend · 2018–2021
1 mo on HN

You Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.

Harvard Business Review
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026
1 mo on HN

10 Bullets, #8: "ALWAYS BE KNOLLING". By Tom Sachs

Tom Sachs
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HN

Inbox Zero

Google TechTalks
1 HN recommend · 2013–2023
0 mo on HN

Q&A: Techniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression

Jonathan Blow
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HN

How to stop screwing yourself over | Mel Robbins | TEDxSF

TEDx Talks
0 HN recommender · 2013–2018
0 mo on HN

Michael Jordan's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech

OfficialHoophall
0 HN recommender · 2015–2022
0 mo on HN

Shia LaBeouf "Just Do It" Motivational Speech (Original Video by LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner)

MotivaShian
0 HN recommender · 2016–2021