Why subscribe?

Most productivity advice tells you to try harder. This newsletter tells you why that fails, and what works instead.

If willpower and discipline worked, you would already be done. The problem was never you. It was your approach.

What you get

One issue a week on productivity resistance: what is really blocking you, why the usual tactics do not work, and the approach that does. No motivation. No hustle. No trying harder.

How it works

I call it The Frictionless Mindset. You don't push through resistance. You neutralize it and make it irrelevant. With it neutralized, willpower isn’t needed. Taking action happens naturally because there is no reason not to act.

Who writes this

I am Alessandra Derniat, author of Work Without Working and creator of The Frictionless Mindset, a method for neutralizing resistance and taking action naturally. Every issue is free and lands in your inbox.

I am a US Navy veteran.