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Motivated and Miffed
Oliver Buchannon
Gio Parks

Creative multimedia storyteller with viral wins (500K+ views) and proven, calm in the crunch.


ChatGPT Work, Explained: What OpenAI Just Launched

ChatGPT Work, Explained: What OpenAI Just Launched

Filling the Gap — Issue #58

AI News

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Implementation Intentions: How to Actually Follow Through

Implementation Intentions: How to Actually Follow Through

The if-then planning method that beats willpower, and how to wire it into a normal, interrupt-filled day.

Productivity

FTG: AI Chatbots Are Becoming the News Front Page (2026 Format)

FTG: AI Chatbots Are Becoming the News Front Page (2026 Format)

Filling the Gap — #57

AI News

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The Ivy Lee Method: Six Tasks, in Order, Every Day

The Ivy Lee Method: Six Tasks, in Order, Every Day

A 100-year-old daily prioritization habit that still beats a 30-item to-do list — plus how to run it on a 2026 calendar.

Productivity

Why You Don't Trust Yourself Anymore

Why You Don't Trust Yourself Anymore

How small broken promises accumulate into a confidence deficit, and what to do about it

Productivity

FTG: AI Hit 1 Billion Users. The Trust Is Gone.

FTG: AI Hit 1 Billion Users. The Trust Is Gone.

Filling the Gap — Issue #57

Filling the Gap

You asked. Here's what the data says.

You asked. Here's what the data says.

36 readers told us what they actually want. Turns out we've been on the right track.

Productivity

Parkinson's Law: The Hidden Reason Your Tasks Take Forever

Parkinson's Law: The Hidden Reason Your Tasks Take Forever

Why the time you give a task is the time it takes — and what to do about it.

Productivity

Should I kill Filling the Gap?

Should I kill Filling the Gap?

A quick question I actually want your answer to.

Filling the Gap

The Ivy Lee Method: How to Finish What You Start

The Ivy Lee Method: How to Finish What You Start

A 100-year-old prioritization system that beats most productivity apps — six tasks, ranked, done in order, plus the MIT habit that makes it stick.

Productivity

FTG: The Numbers Are In. Your Coworkers Lied.

FTG: The Numbers Are In. Your Coworkers Lied.

Filling the Gap — Issue #56

Filling the Gap

AI won't save you

AI won't save you

The productivity tools and AI shortcuts everyone's chasing only work for people who already built the foundation.

Productivity

Single-Tasking Works. So Why Do You Keep Stopping?

Single-Tasking Works. So Why Do You Keep Stopping?

You know focusing on one thing at a time is more effective. The problem is your environment was never set up to support it.

Productivity

Letter from the Editor: The data's in. You won't like it.

Letter from the Editor: The data's in. You won't like it.

AI helps. Unless it doesn't.

Productivity

The Planning Fallacy, Part 2: Why Breaking It Down Makes It Worse

The Planning Fallacy, Part 2: Why Breaking It Down Makes It Worse

How task decomposition inflates your confidence — and what to do instead

Productivity

FTG: The Org Chart Is the New Press Release

FTG: The Org Chart Is the New Press Release

Filling the Gap — Issue #55

Filling the Gap

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Your Brain Won't Let You Forget the Unfinished Stuff

Your Brain Won't Let You Forget the Unfinished Stuff

How the Zeigarnik Effect is quietly draining your focus — and what to actually do about it

Productivity

The Version You Ship First Is Rarely the One That Matters

The Version You Ship First Is Rarely the One That Matters

Why your editing instincts are a productivity system — and how to use them on purpose.

Productivity

FTG: The Money Is Talking

FTG: The Money Is Talking

Filling the Gap — #54

Filling the Gap

You Always Think It'll Take Less Time Than It Does

You Always Think It'll Take Less Time Than It Does

The Planning Fallacy, explained — and two methods for building estimates that hold up

Productivity

Stop Managing Time. Manage This Instead.

Stop Managing Time. Manage This Instead.

You're scheduling your hours. You should be scheduling your capacity.

Productivity

FTG: $650B and a new Google

FTG: $650B and a new Google

Filling the Gap — Issue #53

Filling the Gap

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Stop Finishing First and Start Finishing Right

Stop Finishing First and Start Finishing Right

Why the "done" you're rushing toward is usually the wrong kind of done

Productivity

Your Attention Doesn't Switch. It Drags.

Your Attention Doesn't Switch. It Drags.

Interstitial Journaling — the 3-minute fix for the hidden tax of context switching

Productivity

The agents grew up this month. Your workflow probably didn't.

The agents grew up this month. Your workflow probably didn't.

Filling the Gap — Issue #52

Filling the Gap

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