The Top 50 Productivity Blogs (most of which you haven’t heard about)

I love productivity blogs — they’re probably my greatest waste of time. But as they teach me to better use my time, I don’t consider it a waste. If you like reading about productivity, goals, habits, GTD, time management and other such topics, I’ve compiled a list of the best productivity sites for your perusal.

Now, you might not like all of these, but there are some real gems here — and many of them aren’t that well known. I suggest you give them a look, browse their archives, and if you like what you see, try a test subscription (you can always unsubscribe later).

Here’s the list:

The A List

The Rest of Us (not in any order)

This list isn’t intended to be comprehensive. Give me your favorites in the comments, and your thoughts on the blogs on this list.

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Comments (66)

Martin Says:

April 14th, 2007, 6:01 am

Wow. Thats a great list. Thanks for sharing ;)

Ashwin Says:

April 14th, 2007, 7:18 am

Thanks for the list. Got to know a few more blogs and subscribed as well. :D

Matthew Cornell Says:

April 14th, 2007, 8:03 am

Thanks very much for including me on your list!

Leo Says:

April 14th, 2007, 8:24 am

You’re welcome, Matt … I’ve been enjoying your blog for some time now.

jeff Says:

April 14th, 2007, 8:58 am

Nice list. I’m surprised you don’t have Mark Foster on your list. He actually makes his living talking about this stuff, and has some nice ideas. I’m always happy to see something new from him on my RSS feeds. (Of course, I’m always happy to see something new from zen habits as well ;)

http://www.markforster.net (no affiliation, just a satisfied reader)

Will Says:

April 14th, 2007, 10:41 am

Thanks for including us on your list!

Andrew Flusche Says:

April 14th, 2007, 12:11 pm

Leo,

I’m quite honored to be included on this list. And I’ve found some great new blogs, thanks to you.

Keep up the great work!
Andrew

Mark Shead Says:

April 14th, 2007, 12:29 pm

Nice list. I’m honored to be included.

By the way, DumbLittleMan might be more suited for the A list. They have over 75,000 RSS subscribers while lifehack.org has about half of that. DLM doesn’t seem to get as many page views, but (based on the traffic, I get from them), it appears most of their readers use Google’s feed reader and never visit the site directly. just a thought.

GTD Wannabe Says:

April 14th, 2007, 13:12 pm

Thanks for the nod. I can’t wait to work my way through the rest of the list!

Phil Gerbyshak Says:

April 14th, 2007, 13:45 pm

Thanks for including me, and for all the other great links here. I look forward to diving in and getting smarter and more motivated! Thanks :)

Animental Says:

April 14th, 2007, 13:54 pm

Don’t forget stevepavlina.com!!

Rosemary Says:

April 14th, 2007, 14:51 pm

Thanks for including me on the list and I’ll enjoy exploring and learning about more sites!

Leo Says:

April 14th, 2007, 16:22 pm

Thanks for all the comments, guys!

@Mark Shedd … I debated putting Dumb Little Man in the A-List, and didn’t originally only because of their Alexa ranking, but based on your comment I’ve moved them up to the A-List.

@Animental: I was going to put Steve Pavlina on the list originally, but didn’t based on many of his recent posts, which don’t seem to be about productivity. However, based on your comment, I’m going to add him (it’ll be 51 sites now). Should he be on the A-List?

Jenna Says:

April 14th, 2007, 17:43 pm

The link for Dumb Little Man is misconfigured. Great list, though!

Leo Says:

April 14th, 2007, 18:51 pm

Thanks Jenna … actually the link was broken but should be fixed now.

Rosa Say Says:

April 14th, 2007, 19:04 pm

Aloha Leo, mahalo nui for sharing Managing with Aloha with your readers!

This is very generous of you, as we can all use more productivity coaching; I’m going to click through and do some visiting of your recommendations!

Blog-surfing can eat up precious time, but like you I don’t consider it a waste - what I’ve learned from several of the authors you mention here (and from you!) has been priceless to me. Ke lokomaika’i; the generosity of these bloggers in coaching us is amazing.

Leo Says:

April 14th, 2007, 19:33 pm

Thanks, Rosa! You were one of the first productivity bloggers I became aware of, and you still do a great job every day. Keep up the great work!

Mike St. Pierre Says:

April 14th, 2007, 20:44 pm

Thanks Leo for the props. What inspires me is the fact that many, many of the folks behind these blogs are truly decent people. Keep up the good work!

Ariane Benefit, Neat Living Says:

April 14th, 2007, 21:48 pm

Hi Leo,

What a nice way to meet you! Thanks for including me in your list of top productivity blogs! I can’t wait to have an opportunity to explore all the blogs on your list as well as your blog! I’ll be adding you to my blog list, too!

Best, Ariane : )

Leo Says:

April 14th, 2007, 22:36 pm

Hi Ariane … Thanks for adding me to your list! You’ve got some excellent content, as do many of the other blogs on the list, and I’m happy to include you.

Quiza Hoy Says:

April 14th, 2007, 23:08 pm

very nice list, too many good and decent bloggers.

saved on del.icio.us.

Thanks for sharing

Tim Halway Says:

April 14th, 2007, 23:10 pm

I have found some really interest articles at StevePavlina.com a long time back. But mostly he is a spammer always promoting some stupid get rich scheme and I gave on that site a while back. Since I saw that site again in your list I visited it again and nothing has changed. Now he is promoting Agloco so that he can refer some stupid people and thereby make some money. So before classifying his site in A List please consider some other useful sites that does less spamming.

Leo Says:

April 14th, 2007, 23:19 pm

Hi Tim … I agree with you about the Agloco post. One thing to remember is that Steve has never been ashamed about his desire to make money - he’s very unapologetic about it. Not all of his posts are about productivity, which is one of the reasons he wasn’t on this list originally. But he does have some decent productivity posts, and in terms of traffic, there’s no doubt he ranks up there with all the A Listers.

What do others think about his site? If you guys think it’s too spammy, let me know and I’ll remove it.

gtdfrk Says:

April 15th, 2007, 4:02 am

Hi Leo, thanks for mentioning my GTD blog! I definitely discovered a few blogs that I hadn’t heard about before… thanks for sharing!

Kate Davis Says:

April 15th, 2007, 5:26 am

Thanks for a great list, I’ve already added the sites I don’t currently read to my list to give them a go.

Someone I have rarely found mentioned on other sites, but whose books and blog I have found to contain some original ideas on productivity is Mark Forster http://www.markforster.net/blog/

I am currently implementing a combination of Getting Things Done and Mark’s idea of Do It Tomorrow and finding it has done wonders for my productivity.

Steven Aitchison Says:

April 15th, 2007, 6:13 am

Hi Leo

I’m honoured to be on the list, thanks for including me. this is a lot of reading, I have checked a few out and they are great.

Thanks again

Geoff Says:

April 15th, 2007, 8:06 am

Nice list, I added a couple blogs that I haven’t heard of.

Guess I have to work a bit harder to get my blog on the list :D

Bradley Woods Says:

April 15th, 2007, 9:21 am

That is a pretty comprehensive site you have there. Thanks for compiling all these.

Ellen Weber Says:

April 15th, 2007, 11:13 am

What a great list of blogs and a good idea, Leo! Thanks for creating it! makes us all richer in fun ways to read the blogs you listed.

Laura Stack Says:

April 15th, 2007, 18:41 pm

Hi Leo!

Thanks for including me! I’ve added several more productivity blogs to my list. I appreciate your input.

Laura

P.S. One extra character “-” incorrect in the link you provided to my blog; it should be http://theproductivitypro.typepad.com/the_productivity_pro/

Thanks!

Leo Says:

April 15th, 2007, 19:08 pm

Thanks Laura … I’ve fixed your link and a few others that had the same problem. Not sure how that happened.

Monica Ricci Says:

April 15th, 2007, 22:45 pm

Thanks so much for including my blog on your list! I’m honored and in excellent company!
~Monica

Brad Isaac Says:

April 16th, 2007, 10:42 am

Wow! What an honor. :) Thanks for including Achieve-IT! in the top 50.

Paul Irish Says:

April 16th, 2007, 11:26 am

How come no one else thinks it’s the slightest bit ironic that you’re encouraging people to check out 50 blogs on doing stuff.. when reading productivity blogs is hardly actually productive. I swear I thought this post was a late April fools joke.

Henrik Edberg Says:

April 16th, 2007, 11:27 am

Thanks a lot for the mention, Leo!

Kammie Says:

April 16th, 2007, 11:51 am

Hello Leo and thanks for including me on your list!

How col is that? Looks like I’m a little late to the party, but gave myself the weekend offline…

Have a great week and I can’t wait to dive into the unknown on the list.

Kam

Shaine Mata Says:

April 16th, 2007, 13:58 pm

Great list. It’s going in my favorites. Thanks.

Troy Worman Says:

April 17th, 2007, 0:04 am

Awesome list. Kudos! And thanks.

john Says:

April 17th, 2007, 13:30 pm

also checkout makeuseof.com

Siddharth Thakkar Says:

April 19th, 2007, 9:57 am

Wow!

Wonderful list!

I’d recommend adding ‘Cultivate Greatness’ to the list too.

Cheers!

Siddharth Thakkar

Tim Milburn Says:

April 19th, 2007, 17:12 pm

I love a good list. That’s why I love this one.

Thanks for introducing me to some blogs I hadn’t read before. Just when you think the blogosphere is getting smaller…it opens up to a whole new world.

Skip Reardon Says:

April 20th, 2007, 8:28 am

How about considering the Be Excellent blog in your list of Productivity blogs? It’s about productivity, effectiveness, efficiency - and developing lasting excellence for small businesses.

http://www.SixDisciplines.blogspot.com

All the best,

Skip

Jonathan Says:

April 21st, 2007, 15:17 pm

You know what would be great? An OPML file so we could just import the whole shebang into our RSS readers. Just a thought :)

Leo Says:

April 21st, 2007, 15:42 pm

That’s an interesting idea. I didn’t consider it before, I think, because I didn’t really think people would be interested in subscribing to all 50 … my thought was that they would check them out, and if the blog looked good, they could subscribe.

Cecilia Says:

May 7th, 2007, 13:08 pm

Thanks for the great list… To all the productivity bloggers out there I must share the #1 organizational tool used habitually around my household….online personalized meal planning at http://www.wovenfare.com. Being organized and ready for dinnertime is finally within reach!

laogui Says:

May 23rd, 2007, 21:29 pm

Most of which I haven’t heard about! Less technical blog.

Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living Says:

August 16th, 2007, 17:48 pm

Hi Leo, Thanks so much for including me on this list! Your blog is amazing and this list is still sending me visitors. What a great group to be a part of. I really appreciate your recognition.

BTW, my blog name and URL have changed…if it’s not too much trouble to update the post, I’m sure your readers would appreciate having the latest info.

Many Thanks!

Neat & Simple Living
http://blog.neatandsimple.com

Jolene Says:

September 15th, 2007, 22:57 pm

I know you are modest but I would put your own blog Zen Habits in the A list and knock 43 Folders down a notch. 43 Folders is more for tech geeks but I’ve learned more about everyday productivity from your blog. Great stuff here!

Zexmicite Says:

January 11th, 2008, 7:54 am

Make peace, not war!

Karthik Bangalore India Says:

January 15th, 2008, 9:26 am

Try these, they are good too.
http://www.manager-tools.com

http://theengagingbrand.typepad.com/

http://www.achismarketing.com/CrankyMiddleManager.html

Ageseeeldelia Says:

February 6th, 2008, 23:29 pm

Nice site keep it up!

————————————–
http://www.dasofte.com

intertik Says:

May 27th, 2008, 1:09 am

Nice list… hopefully I’ll make it to your list :)

For a few years people have been telling me to write a book or put up a website on Time Management, topic on which I have had a special interest for quite a long time.

I finally decided to start a blog and share my innovative and holistic Time Management methodology with the public.

So visit it at http://www.intertik.com and let us know if you think it should be on the top 50 :-)

I welcome your feedback, comments and questions!

Axendra Says:

June 17th, 2008, 2:04 am

Some interesting blogs you list.

Blue John Says:

June 23rd, 2008, 19:01 pm

Great list. By the way. you have a bug in your HTML in the A list. the listing for http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/ has no text inside the A tags. Peeking at the code, I can see the URL, but you cannot get to from the browser page.

tshick Says:

June 25th, 2008, 11:32 am

It’s ironic that there are 50 blogs on productivity. My productivity would reach 0 simply by reviewing the whole list :)

Kris @ Fresh Focus Says:

June 26th, 2008, 9:58 am

Hi there…..Just wanted to stop by and introduce myself :)

I’ve been blogging since January and have recently cemented my blogging niche to be GTD, Organization and Productivity. While I feel I may be too new to be on this list, as I have a great respect for the veterans among us, I wanted to invite you to stop by, critique, and provide feedback to me if you so desire.

Again, nice to meet you! I read your blog via RSS whenever new content is made available. Thanks for your time!

Elizabeth Day Says:

July 12th, 2008, 19:15 pm

Great List! I’ll be busy Sunday blog hopping. I especially ‘Think About Your Life Goals’.

Tom Says:

July 18th, 2008, 0:59 am

Great list…I will definitely be busy looking through these suggestions.

re Says:

July 21st, 2008, 7:37 am

I read a part of this blogs from list, they are really interesting. I’ll try to read the next part of them, thanks for a such interesting list of blogs.

Glen Allsopp Says:

August 7th, 2008, 12:45 pm

Great list LEO, this is going to help me immensely with an upcoming blog post.

Cheers,
Glen

dave Says:

October 19th, 2008, 12:58 pm

I like this one. He’s intense. Compared to this guy the others are just wasting their time.

selfunderemployed.blogspot.com

brint crockett Says:

October 19th, 2008, 13:10 pm

Hey Dave, I noticed you unproductively tried to link to that productivity blog. It really is good, if I do say so myself.

selfunderemployed.blogspot.com

There, now you can click it.

Valeria | TimelessLessons Says:

November 7th, 2008, 10:03 am

Thanks for a great list Leo. Currently looking other the sites I don’t have in my google reader yet.

Aujan Says:

November 18th, 2008, 4:48 am

Nice list! Another option for productivity insights and tips would be http://www.contsum.com/blog. It’s worth checking out too! :-)

Nicolas Soergel Says:

November 18th, 2008, 11:10 am

Hi Leo,

This is a great list. I will have to increase my productivity to check the all first :)

Seriously, there are great sites out there. Every person is different and it is good to have choice. Although the contents might be similar, there presentation is different, which is good.

My collection of concrete and sharp time saving tips on the Time Management Master helps to gain an extra hour every day. These tips are sorted for being applied at home, at work or on the road.

http://memytime.wordpress.com/

I am still relatively new to blogging and I would be very interested get scrutinized by the Zen Habits readership.

Nicolas