How Ben Franklin used timeboxing to stop missing deadlines
How Ben Franklin used timeboxing to stop missing deadlines  
Podcast: Undo – How history's outliers got stuff done
Published On: Mon Mar 10 2025
Description: If you have to meet any kind of regular publishing schedule, you’ll know how time can stretch out into infinity until the night before you have to hit Publish, when suddenly it feels like you have to cram 8 hours of work into 30 minutes.But Benjamin Franklin had a neat little system that helped him keep on top of his commitments, and all it takes is a pen, some paper, and a watch. Support the show from $3 and getEpisodes early and ad-freeJoin our listener communityJoin Mark for monthly Q&AsSupport Undo via Patreon