Productivity Newsletters

Get focused. Flow State is a newsletter focused on getting you focused. Each day they sent out an email at 3 am ET so you can start your workday with the essential work music. A brief introduction and background are provided of the artist of the day together with their style of music. The music is vocal-less, and ambient, although a little headbanging can occur when the lo-fi house starts playing. It ranges all the way from jazzy beats and groovy funk to mild instrumentals with a touch of synth. You can even find Estonian classical artists from the 90s. If the music of the day doesn’t work for you, there is a very long library of flowy music to choose from to enhance your workday. Subscribe for the best picks to get you focused and discover new music!  

Find Career Success on Your Own Terms, without hassle. The perfect newsletter for women trying to find their dream career. Girl Boss is a daily newsletter that informs and inspires ambitious women to “find success on their terms.” The Girl Boss aims to help women re-discover their work life by breaking through the outdated status quo and finding work on their terms. Each issue includes useful career advice, valuable job postings, and quite a few emojis. You’ll also get curations packed with valuable gems, Girlboss goods, and recommended readings. Expect to explore topics like How Gen Z is Reacting Against Hustle Culture, the Value of a LinkedIn Headshot, and What it Means to “Have it All” as a Woman.  Subscribe to Girl Boss for a daily dose of inspiration, and achieve your dream career effortlessly.

Boosting Well-being & Productivity for overwhelmed professionals looking to thrive, not just survive. Explore well-being-driven productivity and manage your professional life better. Notes by Martine is a weekly wrap-up with personally curated articles, books, tools, tips, and videos on productivity and self-growth. The author aims to help professionals to stay productive while keeping up with their sanity. She enables them to shift away from the “always be working” mindset to a more mental-health-positive approach to their work without compromising their deadlines. Get your dose of productivity by exploring a selection of articles on topics like Doomscrolling and Why We Do It, Loving Yourself and Knowing When to Take a Break, and How to Read Effectively. In addition to articles, Martine will always share something relevant to watch and something interesting she found on Twitter. Subscribe to Notes by Martine to get inspired on how to maintain a healthy work-life balance and take on the world!

Get the valuable insights great books are known for. Discover excellent book summaries like never before. Highlights is a monthly newsletter where author Julian Shapiro shares key insights from three famous books. Being unsatisfied with boring, unclear book summaries, Julian wanted to provide passionate readers like himself with book insights that really matter and help you decide if the book is worth reading. In each issue, he uncovers 3 famous books, including The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb, Gary Chapman’s Love Languages, and The Design Of Everyday Things by Don Norman. Additionally, he includes his own 2 insights at the beginning of every newsletter and shows off some photos on his phone that might gauge your interest.  Subscribe for insights into famous books and stay for Julian’s well-thought personal commentary to discover a new book you'll love reading. 

I spend way too much time on Twitter, so you don't have to Ever find yourself mindlessly scrolling on Twitter without seeing anything useful or interesting? Twitter maestro Blake Burge personally curates some of the best content on Twitter that helps you make the most out of your scrolling sessions. Blake focuses on providing readers with valuable content that keeps them up to date on the current happenings and helps them become more productive with their time. With Twitter curations on Life, Business, Web3, and Entertainment/Sports, you’ll find the best wisdom nuggets in your niche of interest while discovering influential and like-minded people to follow. Subscribe to get Twitter’s best content, which you might’ve otherwise missed “while you were away.”  

Disruptive thoughts, designs, and resources to help you build a better product. Product Disrupt is a half-monthly newsletter where product designer and maker Darshan Gajara shares hand-picked stories and other inspirational & usable resources for your next product design project. He aims to equip designers, developers, makers, creative entrepreneurs, and founders with the best ideas and tools to develop a fantastic product. Every issue is jam-packed with valuable assets such as icon sets, templates and themes, side-projects to give you inspiration for your projects, and outstanding websites, portfolios, and work-in-progress from other creators to get your creative juices flowing. Subscribe to Product Disrupt and become part of 4,800+ creators who get curations on design inspirations, ideas, and resources twice every month.

A publication about creativity and productivity-boosting tools Creativerly is a weekly newsletter where author Philipp Temmel shares useful tools, resources, and valuable insights in the design and tech industry to skyrocket your productivity and get out of a creative slump. Explore a bundle of helpful tools, apps, and software that will help you read faster, take better notes and beat procrastination to achieve your goals. Philipp provides an extensive review of the tools in question, curates a section for mental health, and shares interesting articles and attention-worthy news. Subscribe to Creativerly to discover something new and boost your productivity - every Sunday!

Get bite-sized reads, productivity tools & resources to be creative at what you do. The Curious Bunch (TBC) is a curated newsletter that aims to “make your inbox happy once again!” Vidya, being a prolific creator, goes through dozens of tools and articles each week and writes about her experience going down rabbit holes and trying them out herself. Every issue consists of a Curious pick, a tool, and a comprehensive review, where Vidya introduces its pros and cons together with suggestions of the best use of it in your professional and/or your personal life. And then there’s The Good Stuff - a curation of different resources and tools for your productivity, creativity, and growth. All the links are complemented with the author’s original thoughts, which adds a personal touch to every piece of information she shares.  Subscribe and discover something new! 

Get the weekly email full of actionable ideas and insights you can use at work and home. Brain Food newsletter is an extension of a bigger project called Farnam Street. The main idea behind the company is to help you “master the best of what other people have already figured out.” Every Sunday, the team shares thought-provoking, high-signal content to help you make better decisions, and live a better life. The range of topics is wide, but you can expect material on mental models, decision making, and in general - the art of living. The issue usually starts with excerpts and links to a recent FS blog post or a podcast episode, continues with an Insight and a Tiny Thought packed with multidisciplinary wisdom, and a section to Explore Your Curiosity which hosts curated links with the “best of human thought”.  Subscribe and start feeding your brain.

For curious, intelligent people who want to sharpen their minds. Brain Pint is a curated newsletter with interesting reads, tools & learning resources. Janel aims to inspire and help others to learn. She has been reading hundreds of articles each week, so you could get the most educational and entertaining content out there. Think of tips and tricks for personal development, actionable tools for your productivity, and some great reads from the tech & marketing world.  If like to discover new things, subscribe and get smarter with Janel.